Northern Lights 2024 May 12. Edt if you missed the recent auroras over the past two days, you may have another chance. A celestial event called solar cycle 25—the cycle the sun goes through around every 11 years—has been the cause of geomagnetic storms that have.

Northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky north of san francisco in middletown, california on may 11, 2024. The ongoing extreme and powerful solar storm has extended the rare chance to see the sky lit up by colorful auroras into another week.