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Severe G4 geomagnetic storm sparks northern lights across US and beyond (photos)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The speedy solar storm arrived in style, sparking stunning aurora displays as far south as California and New Mexico.

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a graphic of the night sky with a starry sky background. A black circle is in the center with Night Sky written in white. There is a white telescope beneath the text. In the top left corner it says Space.com in cooperation with Starry Night.

Night sky, June 2025: What you can see tonight [maps]

By Chris Vaughan last updated

Reference Find out what's up in your night sky during June 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

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Northern lights erupt over a lake in Minnesota in a dark sky overhead shining rainbow of Aurora light as the sun sets on the horizon

Northern lights may be visible in these 20 US States May 31

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Connecticut as speedy solar winds and an incoming CME fuel geomagnetic storm conditions.

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Aurora alert: Severe geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Alabama and northern California tonight

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Attention aurora chasers! Powerful geomagnetic storm conditions could trigger northern lights at mid-latitudes tonight as a coronal mass ejection impact is imminent.

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Venus is shown above the horizon in a simulated pre-dawn hours of June 1, with the locations of Neptune and Saturn shown to the upper right. a close up picture of Venus's half-lit disk is shown to the left hand side of the screen.

Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: Here's how to see the bright 'morning star' this weekend

By Anthony Wood published

Venus will rise in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours of June 1 alongside Saturn and Neptune.

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An artist's impression of a fireball colliding with Earth's orbit

Watch a brilliant 'fireball' meteor explode over China on May 28 (video)

By Anthony Wood published

It was likely a sporadic meteor unrelated to any major shower.

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a red-tinted streak from a meteor plunges through a greenish-blue sky above the dome of an astronomical observatory

A fireball over desert mountains | Space photo of the day for May 30, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A brilliant meteor streak is captured as it plunges through Earth's atmosphere over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

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Geomagnetic storm named to honor space weather scientist who died suddenly in 2024

By Tom Brown last updated

Scientists took the initiative to name Storm Gannon after a space weather scientist who died in 2024. This was the storm that sparked beautiful auroras across the globe that same year.

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A simulation of the night sky showing the location of the moon on May 31 above the western horizon. Mars and the bright star Regulus can be seen to the upper left of the crescent moon, with Pollux and Castor to the lower right close to the horizon.

Don't miss the crescent moon shining close to Mars on May 31

By Anthony Wood published

As the bright star Regulus and the Beehive Cluster shine close by.

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An image of the waxing crescent moon pictured against the dark sky. The lunar sea Mare Crisium can be seen as a dark oval marking the lit section of the moon's surface.

See a lunar scar darken the crescent moon on May 30

By Anthony Wood published

Lunar maria or 'seas' formed when lava flooded impact basins billions of years ago.

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