Keep your eyes open tonight for some colourful sights, with the Northern Lights predicted to illuminate the skies above the UK.
The aurora borealis is caused when magnetically charged particles are headed in the direction of Earth after two large explosions from the Sun yesterday (September 10) causing a so-called coronal mass ejection (CME).
These can produce dazzling patterns of green, pink, red, blue and yellow light in the sky as the gas particles collide.
Stargazers should get their cameras out at around 12am on September 12 or 13, clear skies permitting, to get the best chance of seeing the lights.
The current prediction is for the lights to be seen over the north of England, however experts believe the display could be seen as far south as the the '50th parallel' which is the circle of latitude around the world that cuts across the English Channel.
It comes in the same week as nightwatchers were treated to the supermoon.
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