Latest about northern lights
Weird dent in Earth's magnetic field is messing with auroras in the Southern Hemisphere
The South Atlantic Anomaly makes a section of the southern aurora weaker and likely dimmer.
Northern lights photographer of the year winners
The winners for the 2023 "Northern lights photographer of the year" include locations from which the northern lights have never been photographed before.
Solar storm causes 'impossible,' pumpkin-colored auroras to fill the sky
A striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so what's going on?
25 breathtaking images of the northern lights
Auroras paint the skies in eerie hues of green and blue in these stunning images of the northern lights.
Solar storm smashes hole in Earth's magnetosphere, triggering extremely rare pink auroras
On Nov. 3, a solar storm caused a temporary crack in Earth's magnetic field. The resulting hole enabled energetic particles to penetrate deep into the planet's atmosphere and set off extremely rare pink auroras.
Powerful solar flare lashes Earth, causes radio blackout across Europe and Africa
Auroras have been swirling through the skies already this week as the sun awakens from slumber.
Eerie Sky Glow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science
There is a beautiful mystery in the sky, and its name is Steve.
STEVE is smearing green 'streaks' across the sky, and nobody knows why
Astronomers report a strange new feature of the aurora-like STEVE, which they are calling 'streaks.'
