Northern Lights 2024 Dates. The exciting news is that scientists and astronomers have predicted that 2024 will coincide with a solar maximum, marking a period of increased solar activity and storms. A celestial event called solar cycle 25 —the cycle the sun goes through around every 11 years—has been the cause of geomagnetic storms that have.

But geomagnetic storms, caused by coronal mass ejections (cme), can ramp up the northern lights considerably and make them visible over much wider areas. 10th may 2024 was a night that the whole world will remember for a long time!