Northern Lights May Grace 10 U.S. States This Week Alongside Perseid Meteor Peak

Twice a year, Earth's geometry opens a door between the sun and our skies, and this week that door swings wide. A fast-moving stream of solar wind, born from a hole in the sun's outer atmosphere, is racing toward Earth's magnetic field just as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak — offering residents across ten northern U.S. states a rare chance to witness the aurora borealis without leaving home. The moment arrives near the tail end of a 23-year solar maximum, a reminder that the cosmos operates on rhythms far older than our calendars, and that the most extraordinary spectacles sometime