northern lights

The Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which will study a cosmic phenomenon that is both dazzling and dangerous for people on Earth, is scheduled to launch into orbit on Thursday (March 12).

The aurora borealis can make for a spectacular night sky show, even sometimes visible from space. Here are eight amazing facts about the northern lights.

The solar storms currently affecting Earth have created stunning northern lights displays for skywatchers.

City lights, the aurora, the moon and a beautiful blue glow from the atmosphere create a gorgeous show in a new astronaut photograph of Russia.

Stunning images of the night sky from around the world show everything from swirling green auroras and star trails to the bulging Milky Way galaxy and the Big Dipper constellation.

The northern lights, captured over the snow of Maine.

The dazzling northern lights dance in a stunning display over Swedish Mountains in these beautiful images and video captured by aurora photographer Chad Blakely of Lights Over Lapland.

The northern lights spilled over into New England last night, courtesy of an eruption on the sun that supercharged a geomagnetic storm.