Solar Storm 2024 Aurora. When and where can you see the northern and southern lights also known as the aurora? During the first full week of may, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (cmes) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward earth, creating the strongest solar storm to reach earth in two decades — and possibly one of the strongest displays of auroras on record in the past 500 years.

A forecasted solar storm could result in faint northern lights in the northern hemisphere. When and where can you see the northern and southern lights also known as the aurora?