According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, the northern lights were visible in Southwest Ohio on Thursday night thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm. Cincinnati was just outside the view line of Thursday's aurora forecast but people here were still able to see a dazzling display.

In the United States, plenty of Americans should have an opportunity Thursday to witness auroras dancing across the night sky.

A "severe" solar storm has made the northern lights visible in the U.S. farther south than usual while also posing the potential to disrupt modern technology.

A powerful solar eruption created striking auroras in the night sky around the planet on Oct. 10 and 11. See photos.

A powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) took place on Tuesday and rapidly reached our planet’s geomagnetic field on Thursday, sparking the G4 geomagnetic storm. The CME, travelling at 1,200 to 1,300 kilometres per second, was exceptional in that it was two-and-a-half times faster than a typical CME.

One of the most common manifestations of a CME's impact on Earth are the emergence of aurora borealis, or northern lights. The interaction between the CME and Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, creates ribbons of light in the far northern skies that glow green, pink and other colors