While it can be difficult to say goodbye to those long, sunny summer days, we’re headed directly into prime season for one of the most dazzling natural events in our night sky: the northern ...

With the sun close to an unusually fierce solar maximum, the northern lights are becoming more common across the U.S. Here's ...

It may be hard to see with the naked eye, so take your cell phone or camera and point it at the northern sky. You will probably be able to see this phenomenon better, as the camera can take in ...

The Aurora Borealis - also known as the Northern Lights - put on quite a show across parts of Montana on Monday, October 7, ...

What are the northern lights?The northern lights, or aurora borealis, is a captivating phenomenon characterized by colorful dancing waves of light in the sky. When there is a strong enough ...

As the sun reaches the height of its 11-year cycle, skygazers may only be treated to better and more frequent chances to ...

While the beauty of the Rocky Mountains during the day cannot be oversold, there is an entire celestial world that comes ...

When solar storms react with atmospheric gases above our north and south magnetic poles, the result is beautiful displays of light in the sky, like the UK saw in May. Image: Northern Lights from ...

Even if you can't see anything with the naked eye, your cellphone is a great fill-in and can capture the full beauty of the ...

Flares of northern lights color the sky over the White Mountains just after midnight, Sept. 13, 2024, as viewed from a mountaintop in Chatham, N.H. Every 11 years, the sun's magnetic field reaches ...

It is notoriously hard to predict catching the northern lights—they are a naturally occurring phenomenon after all—and a clear night sky is a must. Maximize your changes of seeing an aurora borealis ...

Light green and violet-reddish auroras glow in the night sky in the Oder-Spree district of East Brandenburg. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Seeing the Northern Lights in the sky is a bucket ...