Aurora, Northern Lights

As part of NASA's International Art and Poetry Contest, Aurora art teacher Thad McCauley entered and later learned he won. His drawing orbiting Earth on the ISS with other winners from Taiwan, Chile, ...
Pettit said the sight is known as the “Thai aurora” as it occurs in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, and the green ...
The upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere could play a bigger role in shaping the northern lights than previously thought, ...
Scientists have been wondering about auroral electrojets for a long time. This mission could change how we understand them.
During Valentine's Day weekend, northern parts of America, including Maine, may have a chance of seeing an aurora. But space weather scientists warn that the chances of this happening are slim.
During March and September equinoxes, Earth's axis is parallel to the sun's. Magnetic fields of Earth and the solar wind momentarily coincide, creating "cracks" that allow charged particles to ...