Latest about northern lights
Shimmering 'night spiral' captured above Hawaii is actually a dying SpaceX rocket
The descent looked like a 'flying whirlpool' over Hawaii.
Stunning aurora glow above Iceland after 'dead' sunspot erupts
A sunspot that "awoke from the dead" last week triggered stunning aurora above Iceland.
Sudden eruption from 'dead' sunspot could bring auroras as far south as New York
After a dead sunspot hurled a ball of plasma toward Earth earlier this week, medium-sized auroras may stretch even farther south than usual.
Chinese rocket photobombs aurora with spinning orb of light
A spinning orb of light that slowly moved across the sky in Alaska on March 29 was actually frozen fuel left by a Chinese rocket, according to experts.
'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection will hit Earth at nearly 2 million mph, scientists say
The giant solar flare is a combination of two massive ejections from the sun's surface.
NASA set to launch 2 rockets into the northern lights
Researchers plan to launch two rockets into the heart of the northern lights. Here's what they might find.
Northern Lights: What are the aurorae borealis?
REFERENCE The northern lights appear in the sky when charged particles from the sun slam into molecules in the atmosphere, releasing energy in the form of colorful lights.
Solar storm may amp up northern lights before Christmas
A solar storm that erupted from the sun on Monday (Dec. 20) may boost northern lights displays around the north pole just ahead of Santa's trip this weekend.
