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There's a chance that the northern lights will be making yet another appearance across the United States during the evening of Wednesday, November 6. This would be one of the many chances for stargazers to see the vibrant colors this year.

The Northern Lights, or the aurora borealis, are created by magnetic storms triggered by solar activity, such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections (CME), according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Energetic charged particles from these magnetic storms are carried from the sun by solar winds. When the particles enter our atmosphere, they collide with oxygen and nitrogen particles. As the air particles shed the energy acquired during the collision, each atom glows in a different color.