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Sky gazers in Wisconsin may have another chance to see the northern lights on Thursday and Friday, according to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The northern lights may be visible in Wisconsin Thursday and Friday night, the SWPC's forecast says.

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Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.

The effects of a coronal mass ejection—a bubble of plasma that bursts from the sun’s surface—will likely impact Earth’s magnetic field on Saturday, bringing the northern lights to several northern U.S. states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to a wide swath of Americans Friday night due to an impending solar storm forecast to reach Earth.

The states that will likely see the natural light phenomenon, known as the Aurora Borealis, are Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

A coronal mass ejection earlier this week may pull the northern lights to more northern U.S. states, forecasters said.

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Sky gazers in several U.S. states could get a colorful glimpse of the northern lights as we enter the weekend, thanks to a recent geomagnetic storm.

The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases the likelihood of northern lights displays being visible to more people, as the effects of a recent coronal mass ejection reach Earth, according to NOAA’s three-day forecast.