The aurora, a celestial display of vibrant lights, occurs when solar wind particles collide with Earth's atmosphere.

This great 'storm' in space, composed of ionized particles, is what produces the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, in the northern hemisphere and the aurora australis, or Southern Lights, in the ...

Citizen scientists in Japan enabled researchers to learn why May 2024's aurora appeared a magenta color over the country.

Around the world, the historic geomagnetic superstorm of late spring 2024 inspired millions of non-scientists around the world—many armed with highly sensitive smartphone cameras—to take a fantastic, ...

On Monday night, the physics and astronomy department brought a broad audience on a journey through space. During one of many ...

How not to miss the next big display of Northern Lights as solar activity spikes in 2024 and 2025, from heading north to stay ...

It's good news for aurora chasers as peak auroral activity occurs a few years after solar maximum, according to Brekke. This ...

Discover more about the Sun's solar cycle and how it impacts us here on Earth, from increased auroras to overwhelmed power ...

NASA's VortEx experiment launched sounding rockets that created clouds, which will help scientists better understand how ...

Rachel McSweeney as Aurora Australis is an absolute delight and Jackson Burling as Justin Time plays our hero with just the ...

The introductory wall label in the exhibition in Hobart cites Edmund Halley as the first man to sketch tabular icebergs inthe ...

Did you know most auroras are only seen in places above 60 degrees latitude? This natural wonder, known as the Aurora ...