Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, coined the term aurora in 1619 after the Roman goddess of dawn—mistakenly believing it to be the reflection of sunlight off the atmosphere. In fact ...

The northern lights may be visible as far south as Idaho, New York and South Dakota following strong solar storm activity.

Skygazers in the northern region of the US and Canada might catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights as soon as tonight and into tomorrow. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center just issued a G3 ...

A Kp index of five was recorded Sunday night and early Monday after “isolated periods” of geomagnetic storms created by ...

The Northern Lights or aurora borealis may be visible in the U.S. this week due to a coronal hole and a "co-rotating ...

A geomagnetic storm unleashed by the sun on Sunday could create colorful auroral displays over parts of the United States ...

“The stronger the auroras get, the more they can move towards middle latitudes, so Victoria, southern Western Australia and ...

Hidden away in the darkest corners of Earth’s atmosphere, a faint green airglow quietly paints the night sky, far from the ...

NOAA's 30-minute aurora forecast may be particularly useful ... as well as the composition and density of the atmosphere at the time. Now that the sun is at the height of its 11-year cycle ...