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If you’re in the northern U.S. and haven’t yet planned out your Valentine’s Day date, you’re in luck. Mother Nature is putting on a show, and you won’t have to pay a cent.

The aurora borealis may be visible as far south as Michigan and Maine on Friday, according to Space.com, but you’ll want dark skies for the best viewing. Canada and Alaska will likely get to see the Northern Lights as well.

(​MORE: Watch Northern Lights Shimmer Over Alaska)

NOAA reports that a geomagnetic storm is sending a fast-moving solar wind stream to Earth, and the perks are those colorful swirls in the night sky. The aurora borealis occurs when solar winds or flares ejected by the sun collide with atoms and molecules within Earth’s magnetic field.

Stargazers will want to be away from city lights to see the Northern Lights best. The views should peak between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time, the perfect nightcap for a romantic date if you’ve already got a dinner reservation.

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Scientists have reported that Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth in 2032. That’s up from the 1.3% chance that was reported earlier this month.

While that’s a 1 in 43 chance, it’s not a huge cause for alarm. Experts expected the chance to rise as observations were made, but they’re expected to drop dramatically as they learn more about the asteroid’s orbit.

(​MORE: How'd He Do That? Astrophotographer Shares Story Of Stunning 'Planetary Parade' Image)

\\\"We end up with a good understanding of the plane in space that the asteroid is orbiting on, but not exactly where along that plane it will be,\\\" asteroid hunter David Rankin told Space.com. \\\"This manifests with uncertainty along a confined line, called the line of variation.\\\"

If the 196-foot-wide asteroid were to hit Earth, it could cause devastating damage on the city level. But a plan is already in action to divert the asteroid if needed. One way of doing so is to push the asteroid off course by flying a spacecraft into it.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was originally thought to have a 1 in 83 1.3% chance of colliding with Earth. And while the new numbers may seem striking, there’s still a 97.7% chance the asteroid will miss the planet entirely.

(​MORE: Comet And Aurora Light Up Tasmanian Night Sky)

D​espite the slight increase in risk, the asteroid remains a 3 on the Torino Hazard Scale, which means it merits attention from astronomers.

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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has left millions of fans in awe of his detailed, breathtaking photos of the cosmos.

His recent image of the planetary parade in late January got more than 130,000 likes on Instagram alone. The image shows the alignment of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Neptune and Uranus from the perspective of the moon.

Neptune and Uranus would not have been visible to the naked eye if you were looking up to the sky to see this for yourself. The alignment in that image would not look like this in “real life” either, but the image isn’t faked, so what gives?

Welcome to the world of astrophotography. Andrew McCarthy explained it like this: “My goal as an astrophotographer is always just to, I guess reveal what’s hidden in our universe. I have a number of telescopes and cameras that I use. I use these instruments to, you know, spend a lot of time, hours sometimes, to reveal what’s hidden in that darkness.”

McCarthy’s photo is a composite image, which he says he’s sometimes hesitant to create and share because composite photos can be easily misunderstood. If you look through the comments on social media, you’ll see some people calling the image a fake, but it’s made from thousands of layers of real photos.

\\\"There’s no way to actually capture a photo of all of them at once, while also being able to see details on those planets,\\\" he said. \\\"And as an astrophotographer, I'm all about those details, so I wanted to be able to show you the weather bands on Jupiter … I wanted to show you the rings of Saturn … I wanted to show you the terrestrial features of Mars.\\\"

So he went the composite route, which he says also gives the viewer a better perspective on the size of the planets.

\\\"When I compare them to the moon like I did, you're able to actually see like, oh, Jupiter is about a 20th the size of the moon, Mars is about like 100th the size of the moon … you can kind of start to put those details together in your brain,\\\" he added.

McCarthy took the photos for that planetary lineup from his backyard in Arizona, where he’s set up several piers or mounts that are always at the ready for his telescopes and cameras. Then he pointed them at each planet, photographing them one at a time, taking thousands of shots.

\\\"I started with Venus and Saturn because they set the earliest … for Saturn, I shot about 60,000 photos of it, over a period of about 10 minutes,\\\" he said.

Then he repeated that process for every planet, over four to five hours, admitting that some of that time was spent waiting for Mars to be at its zenith.

The weather and the upper atmosphere play a critical role in getting the best images. McCarthy says forecasts help him make sure he’s getting outside at the right time and a key component is understanding what the sky transparency is going to be like.

\\\"Even a thin layer of haze means the images won’t turn out,\\\" he said.

He also points out that if he looks straight up and the stars are twinkling brightly, that’s an indication of atmospheric dispersion, which can distort his images. It’s just one of myriad complex issues he has to solve while he’s shooting these celestial images.

McCarthy sells some of his work on his website, but he also shares the images on social media where he happily answers questions about how he captured his photos or what kind of telescopes sky-gazing enthusiasts should invest in.

He says besides loving sky gazing and photography himself, his goal is to encourage people to get outside and look up, so they can discover and enjoy the universe for themselves.

\\\"By talking with people and encouraging other people to kind of explore this on their own, I'm now able to have a larger impact than I would as just myself,\\\" he said. \\\"Hopefully there'll be a very, very large new generation of astrophotographers that continue to spread my mission and get more people looking up because I think looking at the sky is something that can unite us and kind of ground us a little bit.\\\"

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