A geomagnetic storm in early October lit up the skies with northern lights that were detected by an Earth-observing satellite.
Published Oct 10, 2012
The Suomi NPP satellite captured a glimpse of the northern lights over North America.
Published Apr 24, 2018
A strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.
Published Dec 25, 2016
On Saint Patrick’s Day, the Suomi NPP satellite acquired a view of the aurora from above while citizen scientists were busily collecting shots from below.
Published Mar 29, 2015
A solar flare and coronal mass ejection in mid-July 2012 raised the possibility of geomagnetic storms and auroras.
Published Jul 14, 2012
This ultraviolet image, captured by NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Ahead spacecraft on February 12, 2010, shows solar storms brewing in two active areas of the Sun.
Published Mar 20, 2010
An astronaut caught a glimpse of the aurora australis while looking out across the Indian Ocean.
Published Jul 2, 2017
Coronal holes sparked brilliant auroras over Alaska and Canada during this solar minimum.
Published Nov 21, 2018
A stunning aurora appeared over Hudson Bay in March, historically the most geomagnetically active month.
Published Mar 29, 2019
After arriving in its final orbit, DSCOVR will monitor the solar wind and send back epic views of Earth’s full sunlit disk.
Published Feb 13, 2015
City lights sprawl across Earth’s surface below a constant glow in the upper atmosphere.
Published Oct 23, 2018
Photographers captured these digital photos of a four-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket and the aurora borealis on December 12, 2010, during the NASA-funded Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (RENU).
Published Jan 4, 2011
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes will give an inside view of the vast Van Allen radiation belts.
Published Aug 31, 2012
At 20 times the size of Earth, the largest sunspot observed since the November 2003 series of solar storms is now pointed directly at Earth.
Published Jul 24, 2004
