northern lights

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.

The northern lights dance across the sky, creating an ethereal glow that illuminates the darkness, in this jaw-dropping photo taken from Norway.

A solar flare that erupted on the sun this week could intensify the northern lights, and perhaps bring dazzling auroras as far south as Seattle, Chicago and Boston.