21/01/2026
Did you miss it too?? There is hope!!
MISSED THE NORTHERN LIGHTS DUE TO THE WEATHER? SO DID WE 😩
Don’t worry — another chance could be closer than you think.
The recent solar storm was triggered by a perfect storm of solar activity:
☀️ a powerful solar flare
☀️ a huge Earth-directed eruption from a large sunspot group
☀️ and a vast coronal hole — a gap in the Sun’s atmosphere where faster solar wind escapes (highlighted in orange in our graphic).
As long as features like these are present on the Sun and facing Earth, the chances of strong solar storms — and aurora visible much further south — remain high.
Right now, sunspots are common thanks to the Sun being near peak activity. Coronal holes are often long-lived too, sometimes lasting for months.
Because the Sun is made of gas, it doesn’t rotate evenly. It spins faster at the equator (about 25 Earth days) than at the poles (around 30 days). That means this same coronal hole is likely to rotate back into an Earth-facing position in roughly 30 days — potentially around early March. New sunspot groups could also develop by then.
So while nothing is guaranteed, the coming weeks — and especially about a month from now — are well worth watching 👀
We’ll be keeping a close eye on things, so follow our page for updates. You can also check the Sun’s live activity via NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory website and watch for this coronal hole reappearing on the Sun’s limb first week of March.
🤞 Fingers crossed — and here’s hoping for clear skies!
