The sun is at a point where its two poles have flipped, and NASA says that means we'll get more light shows here on Earth — including a more visible northern lights. The sun is at its "solar maximum" period, which is part of an 11-year cycle — night now, the sun's north and south magnetic pole have flipped.

NASA released an explainer video about the Solar Maximum, the period when solar activity is at it's peak, occurring roughly every 11 years, when the magnetic field of the sun flips.