NASA expert revealed that northern lights didn't appear on Thursday morning but can appear Thursday night.

Generally, northern lights or aurora borealis are not visible in the U.S. However, on Tuesday a solar storm appeared. If the storm is big enough to push the lights southward then people can watch this natural wonder.

The intense burst of energy from the sun moved towards Earth on Thursday. Ruth Ann Chicoine, the national project manager for AuroraMAX, mentioned a spot on the sun blasted on Thursday, this is also known as solar flare. It sent out storm cloud known as coronal mass ejection.

"The good news is if the storm is actually (tonight), it might make for some spectacular conditions tonight to see the northern lights," said Ruth to CBC News.

"The good news for North American observers is onset of the event is coinciding with sunset so there is a lot of time with night skies ahead of us," said Minow.

These spectacular northern lights appear when atoms in the high altitude atmosphere of Earth collide with Sun's energetic charged particles.

They look like sparkling green waves of light at night. Rarely, it has been spotted in red and blue colours.

Ruth mentioned that it is hard to predict the solar storms. "Aurora scientists like to joke that aurora prediction is even less reliable than weather predictions ... It's hard to do," said Ruth.

"We can't pinpoint exactly when this will hit us. We can't pinpoint exactly where the northern lights will be visible. But we can give a general idea. (On Wednesday), AuroraMAX issued a nationwide aurora alert, meaning that areas of the country in the southern regions, as far right down to the northern U.S. states, would be able to see the northern lights if this storm hits the way that we were predicting."

The darker places are expected to have the best view of northern lights as the city lights might fade the colours.