THE NORTHERN Lights are set to dazzle parts of the UK tonight, with the Met Office issuing a 90 per cent chance alert.

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You may have noticed that more auroras have been visible in recent years, including from lower latitudes. Here's why the northern lights have been amped up lately.

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And, as Sutter mentioned, nighttime skies have to be dark for you to see the aurora; otherwise, you might as well be hunting ...

or around the South Pole (there it's called the aurora australis). That's because our planet's magnetic field lines channel the steady stream of particles, called the "solar wind," to the poles.

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Our planet’s magnetic field directs these particles toward the poles, creating dazzling light displays in both hemispheres (known as the aurora australis in the south). A 75-year study from ...

Swanson also caught a brilliant aurora dancing across the sky that same night. The aurora australis, or the southern lights, can be seen lighting up the sky in greens and purples later in the video.

The Northern Lights will be visible from the UK again tonight, and here's exactly when and where you can spot them.