Aurora chasers are on high alert for geomagnetic storm conditions overnight with northern lights possible at mid-latitudes.

High-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may disrupt Earth’s magnetic field on Tuesday, likely creating geomagnetic ...

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

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...

"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. "It does ...

That aurora (Latin ... between the magnetic fields of the sun and the Earth. Called reconnection, this linkage is an important aspect of the transformation that allows the solar wind's energy ...

“It is looking really good for strong aurora ... bits of magnetic field from the sun temporarily disturb Earth’s protective ...

As the trio orbits Earth, each satellite will use four dishes pointed at different angles to measure magnetic fields created by ... launch during what's known as solar maximum—a phase during ...

Without the Earth’s magnetic field ... Sometimes, the aurora appear brighter than normal and can be seen from further away. This is due to periods of more intense solar activity known as ...

Scientists attribute their vibrant colors to excited gases emitted in Earth's atmosphere; oxygen gives off the green color of the aurora ... Earth's magnetic field and charged particles from the sun's ...