You Can See The Northern Lights In At Least 17 States Next Week—Here’S How
You Can See the Northern Lights in at Least 17 States Next Week—Here’s How Sylvie Corriveau / Shutterstock Seeing the northern lights tops many stargazers’ bucket lists for a good reason: This natural phenomenon is truly a wonder to behold. Otherwise known as the aurora borealis, these lights appear as a result of charged particles from the sun interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field , per the Library of Congress. You may be under the impression that you can only see this colorful spectacle if you venture to Alaska or Canada, but that’s not entirely true....