Aurora
Hauntingly Beautiful Aurora Video
Time-lapse photographer Christian Mülhauser braved sub-zero temperatures and frozen camera equipment to capture this stunning aurora footage from Norway during…
Cloudy? Too Far South? How to See the Aurora No Matter Where you Live
[/caption] With the recent solar activity producing blasts of subatomic particles from the Sun to Earth's magnetic field, the social…
What Causes Aurora?
Will you be seeing an aurora tonight? Yesterday, January 23, 2012, an M8.7-class flare erupted from the Sun and sent…
Stunning Auroras From Around the World (January 22-23, 2012)
[/caption] On January 22nd 2012, skywatchers in the northern hemisphere were rewarded with amazing displays of aurora. The cause of…
Solar Storm Sparks Stunning Aurora
The Earth-directed solar storm we alerted readers to this week has hit, with reports of auroral activity in Russia, Denmark,…
Spooky Halloween Aurora
[/caption] Did you see ghosts and goblins last night for Halloween? Jason Ahrns of Chatanika, Alaska saw a dark shadow…
Reader Pics: CME Spawns Awe-Inspiring Bright Red Aurorae
[/caption] Now updated with more images and video! Reports of spectacular aurora are coming in! A CME hit Earth's magnetic…
The Meteor and the Nordlys
[/caption] A meteor slices through the glow of the northern lights (or "Nordlys") in this photo by Adon Buckley, taken…
Another Stunning Aurora Photo from Space
[/caption] Mike Fossum, current commander of the International Space Station, took this beautiful image of a recent aurora, two Russian…
“Extreme” Solar Wind Blasts Mercury’s Poles
[/caption] According to data from the The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) onboard NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, the solar wind is…