northern lights

On Nov. 3, a solar storm caused a temporary crack in Earth's magnetic field. The resulting hole enabled energetic particles to penetrate deep into the planet's atmosphere and set off extremely rare pink auroras.

Auroras have been swirling through the skies already this week as the sun awakens from slumber.

There is a beautiful mystery in the sky, and its name is Steve.

Astronomers report a strange new feature of the aurora-like STEVE, which they are calling 'streaks.'

Scientists are analyzing data from the Labor Day auroral light show to find out if a phenomenon known as STEVE was part of the picture.

A surprise solar storm bashed Earth on Aug. 7 and 8, triggering an appearance of the mysterious glowing phenomenon called STEVE.

Auroras don't just exist on Earth. Here's what we know about auroras on other planets in the solar system.

The descent looked like a 'flying whirlpool' over Hawaii.

A sunspot that "awoke from the dead" last week triggered stunning aurora above Iceland.

After a dead sunspot hurled a ball of plasma toward Earth earlier this week, medium-sized auroras may stretch even farther south than usual.