Northern Lights

The aurora borealis could easily be described as Earth's greatest light show. Hut, the mystery surrounding what causes the northern lights has been speculated...

Is this another sign of the Endtimes? Red. Green. Purple. These are the colors we usually see during any display of auroras. But BLACK......

For the 3rd day in a row, a fast-moving stream of solar wind is buffeting Earth's magnetic field. Over the weekend bright pink auroras appeared around the Arctic...

A crack in Earth's magnetic field opened on Februry 18, 2020, sparking some of the strangest auroras in years. First, blue northern lights lit up...

Northern lights aren't just dazzling light shows. Auroras also generate a mysterious and strange clipping sound! Did you know that northern lights create weird clapping sounds?...

On November 10, 2018, the amazing aurora show over Senja, Norway was nothing short of magical. After waiting a few hours in the cold...

Although real flying dragons don’t exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland earlier this month. ‘The aurora was caused by...

The sun has been without spots every day for almost two weeks. No sunspots? No problem: A G1-class geomagnetic storm erupted last night, sparking bright auroras...

And suddenly the night sky became red... blood red! Awesome picture by Ruslan Merzyakov in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Ruslan Merzyakov...

The northern autumnal equinox is less than a week away. That means one thing: Cracks are opening in Earth's magnetic field. Researchers have long...

These pictures were captured at latitude 64, in Chukotka in the Far East region of Russia on April 21, 2018 as a consequence of an intense...

The sun is blank (no sunspots). Nevertheless, this happened on March 14, 2018: Watch the video again and pay special attention to the moments after...

Space weather forecasters predicted a minor geomagnetic storm on Nov. 7th. But owing to a rare phenomenon, it turned out to be much stronger. As...

Spotless sun sparks bright auroras continuously during 5 days in a row... What? For a whole week, Oct. 9th - 15th, the face of the...

During the the moderate G2 geomagnetic storm on September 15, 2017, a mysterious phenomenon appeared in the sky accompanied by northern lights over the...

Blue, purple and green! The G2 geomagnetic storm on September 16, 2017, was so powerful that even blue and purple colors appeared ontop of green. The...

This morning's aurora was complete insanity. Look at these pulsating northern lights exploding in the sky over Eagle Harbor, Michigan on August 31, 2017. Powerful! These awesome...

Auroras in California are rare and remarkable. They are visible to the naked eye typically no more than a few times a decade. The May...

Juno recorded the sound of Jupiter's aurora. Now it's time to listen to them for you. Follow us: Facebook and Twitter

Eerie noises associated with especially powerful auroras have been reported since centuries. Now a team of scientists think they know why. Witnesses compare the sounds to...

Despite a lull in solar activity, July began with a beautiful display of color over Calgary, Alberta. Harlan Thomas photographed the sudden apparition of unexpected...

Stunning new images from the Hubble Space Telescope are giving us a jaw-dropping look at auroras on the planet Jupiter. The massive auroras appear to...

It’s wonderful to see a halo around the moon... And also a colorful aurora. But how about seeing the two together? Anatoly Hlopotnyuk captured the...

Let's talk about fire in the sky... Look at this insane aurora australis burning on the horizon of Queenstown, New Zealand. Look at these intense yellow and red...

A solar wind stream is gently buffeting Earth's magnetic field. And this is sparking auroras around the Arctic Circle. Alexander Rogachev saw this fiery display...

What do you see in this aurora captured by Marja-Terttu Karlsson on December 19, 2015 in the sky of Pajala, Sweden? I see a wolf. It is...

These amazing northern lights looking like a rising phoenix over Iceland were taken by Hallgrimur P. Helgason on September 24, 2015. His incredible photo just...

What is this mystery glowing light crossing a line of auroras in the sky of Finland? To me, that really looks like an alien spaceship......

Extremely rare purple aurora australis appeared in the sky of Tasmania, Australia on February 10, 2016. And suddenly the sky turned red. These pictures were obtained...

A small geomagnetic storm is expected during the night of 14/15 February, 2016. This solar storm was produced by a long duration C8.9 flare on February...

Horacio Llorens is a well-known paraglider. And he just fulfilled one of his dreams: flying through northern lights. As described on the Red Bull video: 'Battling sub-zero...

There is an aurora storm going on right now as a high-speed solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field. This geomagnetic storm is sparking bright...

These awesome but rare photographs by Antti Pietikäinen, guide at The Aurora Zone, feature auroras and light pilars in the same image. Yes, right! As...

Auroras result from emissions of photons in the Earth's upper atmosphere which differ with altitude. At high altitudes oxygen red dominates, then oxygen green...

A G2-class geomagnetic storm is in progress on Dec. 20th as Earth moves through the wake of a CME that struck our planet's magnetic...

Nature is magic and powerful. Look at this amazing green aurora volcano coloring this unusual lenticular cloud photographed in Iceland by Stéphane Vetter. And this is what this...

Nature photographer Daniele Boffelli caught this gorgeous picture of lenticular clours being colored in green by strong aurora Borealis in the sky of Iceland. And...

The astrophotographer Minoru Yoneto was looking at comet Catalina C/2013 US10... When suddenly Southern Lights appeared and the pillars of fire rose to heaven. Red auroras...

These humpback whales truely enjoy the auroras lighting up the sky. This epic video was captured by Norwegian cameraman Harald Albrigtsen off Norway's coast. Two days...