Early attempts to capture images of the Northern Lights are going on show in a new exhibition at Cambridge's Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute. The sketches, by Danish-born teacher and self-taught scientist, Sophus Peter Tromholt (1851–1896) - were found by artist and archaeologist Dr Christine Finn.

The results of a massive solar flare from earlier this week could create more amazing light shows for people in the northern parts of the US.

It is “likely” that the Northern Lights could be snapped in Wiltshire’s skies tonight after an amber alert was issued. AuroraWatch UK, a service provided by physicists from Lancaster University, issued an amber alert shortly before 5.

The northern lights will potentially be visible from 12 states Sunday night, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration update. Sunday night’s forecast has a Kp index of four, meaning the lights will be “quite pleasing to look at” where visible as more motion and formations will be possible as the lights become brighter,