aurora
Dramatic Rocket Launch Into an Aurora
[/caption] Over the weekend, a two-stage sounding rocket launched into a sky shimmering with green aurora. On board were instruments…
ISS Night Flight in “Real Time”
We've featured wonderful time-lapse videos taken from the Space Station many times and each one is amazing to watch, but…
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…
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…
An Exoplanet’s Auroral Engine
Located 880 light-years away, a massive gas giant called CoRoT-2b orbits its star at a mere 2 million miles –…
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…
What is Airglow?
[/caption] In many of the photos that we have featured recently from astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a glowing…