Northern lights may make rare appearance in parts of US

Northerners thawing out from a bitter freeze may get rewarded with shimmering northern lights the next couple days.

Millions of charged particles are rushing toward earth after a gigantic solar flare on Tuesday. Bad news for NASA's latest mission, but good news for sky-watchers: Those charged particles also collide with the earth's 

A picture taken late on March 7, 2012 of northern lights in Abisko, Swedish Lapland. The strongest space weather storm in five years struck Earth on March 8, 2012 causing some airlines to reroute their flights, threatening 

The first northern lights display of 2014 is on tap for the United States Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

Millions of charged particles are rushing toward earth after a gigantic solar flare on Tuesday. Bad news for NASA's latest mission, but good news for sky-watchers: Those charged particles also collide with the earth's