Saturday night’s northern lights display follows “strong” radio blackouts on Friday, an event that NOAA said briefly ...

According to Dr. Schmoll, the Earth's magnetic field has a north and south pole, just like any magnet. The sun does as well.

The green glow of the aurora borealis could be seen from the M/V Lee A. Tregurtha as it traversed Lake Superior overnight.

Anybody interested in a free light show? Tickets are free but the performance is fickle. “Aurora can often be observed somewhere on Earth from just after sunset or just before sunrise,” the ...

Alaskans have the best shot of seeing the northern lights Saturday night, as NOAA forecasts nearly the entire state has a high likelihood of an aurora. Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota also ...

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Some U.S. states could be treated to a northern lights display thanks to a minor geomagnetic storm on the sun, according to space forecasts.

At 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, whitish pillars of light rose ... week of Oct. 6 was extraordinary for aurora enthusiasts in the Adirondacks as the lights appeared three nights, more than ...

The northern lights are caused by collisions between fast-moving particles (electrons) from space and the oxygen and nitrogen gas in the atmosphere, NASA said. The color of the aurora depends on ...