Following in the footsteps of Aristotle and Galileo, NASA scientists look to take the next step in understanding auroras.

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

Two NASA rocket missions are taking to the Alaskan skies in hopes of discovering why some auroras flicker, others pulsate, ...

Scientists create a 19-year dataset to study Earth's mesosphere, revealing links between auroras and atmospheric processes.

NASA's 2025 rocket missions aim to uncover aurora mysteries, focusing on flickering, pulsations, and black patches.

In the United States, plenty of Americans should have an opportunity Thursday to witness auroras dancing across the night sky ...

A powerful solar eruption created striking auroras in the night sky around the planet on Oct. 10 and 11. See photos.

When this material, called a coronal mass ejection (CME), arrives at Earth on New Year's Eve, it will interact with Earth's atmosphere to form auroras. "There have been multiple M-Class and X ...

The forecast storm won't quite have the oomph of the G4-level whopper that came along Oct. 10, but it should still unveil the auroras across the Northern Hemisphere. The auroras are best seen ...

A newly compiled dataset of nearly one billion images of auroras is helping researchers categorize—and perhaps ultimately ...

The outbursts represent continuing tumult amid what scientists have identified as the maximum of the sun’s current activity cycle, which also produced stunning auroras as far south as Florida in ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit continues to give us great views of Earth from the ISS, this time beaming home video of green auroras shimmering over bright city lights.