Scroll down for video There are two types of auroras - Aurora Borealis, which means 'dawn of the north', and Aurora Australis, 'dawn of the south.' The lights are created when charged particles ...

The top of the photo also shows part of the space station as well as star streaks in the background. Pettit said the sight is known as the “Thai aurora” as it occurs in the Gulf of Thailand ...

"The aurora does not need to be directly overhead but can be observed from as much as a 1,000 km [621 miles] away when the aurora is bright and if conditions are right," the agency explains on its ...

Four space explorers will launch with SpaceX next week on a polar orbital mission that could unlock a new area in space for ...

A minor geomagnetic storm is forecast for Wednesday March 5, the Space Weather Prediction Center said. Here are the predicted impacts from the storm, including the aurora forecast: ∎ Power ...

Here's when and how to spot the aurora borealis from select spots across ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Space Weather Prediction Center, tonight's aurora forecast ...

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, occur when energetic particles ... (or Spring equinox), occurs on March 20, 2025. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching ...

"EZIE is the first mission dedicated exclusively to studying the electrojets," Larry Kepko, an EZIE mission scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said in a statement.

The northernmost states in the U.S. have the highest chances of seeing the northern lights, including Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, ...

The Finnish Meteorological Institute forecasts high chances of seeing the northern lights in Finland this week, with the best ...