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The Northern Lights will be visible from the UK again tonight, and here's exactly when and where you can spot them.

Americans in the northernmost parts of the continental U.S. could see the northern lights on Sunday, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the aurora borealis will be more visible than usual.

Now is the perfect time to see the night sky phenomenon, with the moon waning in its last quarter and the sun in a ‘solar maximum' phase throughout 2025.

Activity on the sun's surface reached its "solar maximum" last October and scientists at NASA believe that increased activity will persist into early 2026.

Look up because the northern lights could be visible almost everywhere in Canada tonight! That includes cities that don't usually see the aurora like Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal. NOAA's northern lights forecast for Thursday,