If you’ve ever wanted to see the aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, then tonight is your night.

A geomagnetic storm on the sun will cause an eruption of solar material and magnetic field that will hit the earth atmosphere Sunday, causing the northern lights to be seen as far south as Pennsylvania, Missouri, Colorado and Oregon, according to an Accuweather report.

Geomagnetic storms are caused by explosions on the sun. They can lead bright colors glowing in the sky. The eruption on the sun surface will send particles into space on a trajectory with earth, according to a Space Weather Prediction Center report.

When these charged particles reach our planet, they release their energy in the form of light, kind of like how neon lights work. This phenomenon is about 300 mil

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