A huge sun eruption combines with speedy solar wind from a "coronal hole" for a weekend aurora show, experts predict.

If you're unable to view the northern lights in person, an online live view is the next best (and considerably warmer) thing. The northern lights are a truly remarkable spectacle, with curtains of ...

With March’s action-packed skies and the spring season approaching, it’s shaping up to be one of the best months of the year ...

In order for the Northern Lights to take center stage, a stream of charged solar wind particles has to successfully enter Earth’s magnetic field. “These interactions energize atmospheric gases ...

Keep reading to find out what that means and how it affects the northern lights. The sun is constantly emitting a stream of electrically charged particles that travels through space until it ...

The Met Office has said the Northern Lights may be visible across the UK this weekend. The Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis, is caused by charged particles from the sun and some ...

as a stream of electrically charged particles called "solar wind" hits the poles and reacts with molecules in the atmosphere. The Northern Lights are typically only visible closer to the Arctic ...