A powerful geomagnetic storm created a series of brilliant auroras recently for observers across North America.

Generally, photos of auroras capture bright, colorful bands dancing across the night sky, but a new satellite view captures a spectacular auroral glow in a new light. The Visible Infrared Imaging ...

For the first time, the effects of a geomagnetic superstorm on the Earth’s protective plasmasphere have been observed in detail. The storm in question compressed the plasmasphere by 80 percent, ...

The Aurora Borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights, were out in full force late Tuesday night and early Wednesday ...

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The predicted speed of the third coronal mass ejection in the series was the highest he'd ever seen: about 870 miles per ...

A dazzling display of northern lights lit up Montana last night. More could potentially be on the way tonight! Share your ...

After more than 10 years and 40,000 orbits, a resilient NASA satellite continues to unveil the mysteries of the Earth’s aurora borealis and australis, also known as the northern and southern lights.