Social media lit up Thursday night and on Friday as people across Chicagoland shared stunning photos of the northern lights.

A special stint of northern lights have been illuminating Alberta's skies — but why have the northern lights been so visible across the province this week?

The northern lights returned to skies across the U.S. and the world over Thursday night after a powerful solar storm triggered stunning celestial displays also known as aurora borealis. The big picture: Extreme G4 geomagnetic conditions were observed Thursday and remained overnight,

Will the aurora borealis, or northern lights return to our skies tonight for another dazzling display? FOX 5's Nick Gregory has the story.

Thursday night the Northern Lights were visible in the Piedmont-Triad and put on a beautiful display! The Northern Lights can be seen when energy from the sun moves toward Earth and interacts with our magnetic field.

The Northern Lights captured people’s minds on Thursday night, not least those turning to memes to fill a void left by not having seen them. Across the world, stargazers stared up the green, blue, pink and purple light show,

The northern lights lit up the night sky with bright pink and green hues visible across parts of England on Thursday night.