Many parts of the UK have once again been treated to views of the Northern Lights. But why have they ... BBC weather presenter Sabrina Lee said: "We are around the peak of an 11-year solar cycle.

More charged particles are then sent to Earth and that triggers the light. Since the sun is currently reaching its 11 year cycle, we are seeing more of the lights, but once the cycle passes ...

Now don't get too excited, but space weather forecasters say there's not a huge chance we will see the lights, but there's still a possibility. "It's a magnetic storm, so it involves magnetism ...

"And because of those interactions eventually light is released. And that light is what we see as the northern lights or the aurora," Dahl said. Dahl said CMEs of the level seen Thursday are ...

This year has been named the year of the Aurora, with the UK lucky enough to see another incredible display of the Northern Lights on Thursday. Known as the aurora borealis, they are typically ...

You've just tried to add this show to My List. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. The Light We Share is a feature-length, visual album-style film by The Pop ...

Mathew Browne says it was "bonkers" that he got this photo in his home country Mathew Browne travelled to Iceland to see the Northern Lights - but it is his picture taken 10 minutes from his west ...

‘The reason we are seeing more northern lights events, the aurora borealis, here in the UK is that we are near to a solar maximum,’ explains Jo Farrow, a forecaster for the independent ...

On Thursday night, the stunning colours of the Northern Lights were visible once again ... there is a high chance we'll get more of these Coronal Mass Ejections directed to Earth in the coming ...