J. Kelly Beatty ( @NightSkyGuy ) discusses the Aurora Borealis, visible just miles from Boston, and Venus and Jupiter's close encounter in our night sky.
People were able to see the Northern Lights near Boston because "The solar storm, the attack that we were under from the sun, was particularly intense," said Beatty.
We can see the glow in the sky, "more often than you'd think," said Beatty. "About five to ten times a year."
And on June 30th, the distance between Jupiter and Venus in the sky will be "a third of a degree apart", said Beatty. "It is doggone pretty and I think people should go look for it."
