What are the northern lights? Here is the science behind perhaps one of the most elusive natural phenomena, the shimmering waves of green, pink, and red dancing across the night sky, forming the ...
From creation myths to political omens, different cultures have had vastly different interpretations of the dramatic natural ...
Many got to see the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, recently but have you ever wondered what causes them? They’re caused by geomagnetic storms. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs are blobs of plasma ...
The bright multicolored lights of the aurora borealis have been spotted shining in the sky above Iowa City. This breathtaking phenomenon is usually reserved for areas closer to the Earth’s poles, but ...
A powerful solar storm caused the northern lights to be visible in unexpected southern locations, including parts of Florida. The Aurora Borealis is created when charged particles from the sun ...
Nasa astronaut captured the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, while aboard the International Space Station.
WASHINGTON — A recent cluster of flare-ups on the sun's surface is sending super-charged particles at the earth, meaning that skywatchers in North America could be treated to a display of the northern ...