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

The northern lights, which appeared on December 22, appear in the image ... and Aurora Australis, 'dawn of the south.' The lights are created when charged particles from the sun enter Earth's ...

Scientists attribute their vibrant colors to excited gases emitted in Earth's atmosphere; oxygen gives off the green color of the aurora. What Causes The Northern Lights? Explained. Short answer? The ...

A G3 geomagnetic storm is predicted to strike Earth, with displays of the Northern Lights possible across northern U.S.

T he aurora borealis, or northern lights, is known for a stunning spectacle of light in the night sky, but this near-Earth manifestation, which is caused by explosive activity on the sun and ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is ... the Northern Lights (aurora borealis). Photograph by Garcia Julien, Getty Images We also enjoy ...

As the sun spits out solar radiation, the Earth’s magnetic field captures ... nights in the frigid mountains when the aurora appeared to gather the images, taking him 2 years to create!

Every second, phenomena known as "auroral electrojets" that stem from solar activity push about a million amps of electrical charge around Earth's poles ... emit microwave radiation at a ...