New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast that the aurora borealis, or northern lights, could be visible across large parts of the northern United States on Wednesday night (November 12).

Nearly two dozen states may catch a glimpse of the colorful lights after a coronal mass ejection (CME) - a large burst of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun - reaches Earth around mid-day, NOAA said.

NOAA has issued a G2 geomagnetic storm alert, which is classified as a moderate event on its storm scale.

On the K-index scale, which measures geomagnetic activity and auroral visibility, the agency predicts a Kp level of 6 out of 9, indicating a bright a...