The northern lights are best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light ...

Here's when and how to spot the northern lights, likely to dazzle the night sky through the first few days of February.

Last August, over a calm Michigan lake, Karl Duesterhaus, 34, of Chicago, was treated to an unusual phenomenon: the northern lights, which appeared as hazy colors in a brighter-than-usual night sky.

Here's when and how to spot the northern lights, likely to dazzle the night sky through the first few days of February. The northern lights are expected to be strongest between Friday, Jan. 31 ...