A strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.
Published Dec 25, 2016
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
Solar storms smacked into Earth’s magnetic field and provoked auroras over the southern and northern hemisphere just after the summer solstice.
Published Jun 28, 2015
The Suomi NPP satellite captured a glimpse of the northern lights over North America.
Published Apr 24, 2018
A stunning aurora appeared over Hudson Bay in March, historically the most geomagnetically active month.
Published Mar 29, 2019
From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of Earth’s poles. The IMAGE satellite captured this view of the aurora australis four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma flying towards the Earth.
Published Jan 25, 2006
An unexpected aurora colored the skies of Canada and northern U.S. states.
Published Aug 30, 2018
Coronal holes sparked brilliant auroras over Alaska and Canada during this solar minimum.
Published Nov 21, 2018
An astronaut caught a glimpse of the aurora australis while looking out across the Indian Ocean.
Published Jul 2, 2017
A flare bursts from the Sun in this detailed image taken on August 1, 2010, by the STEREO Ahead telescope.
Published Aug 7, 2010
A sensor on the Suomi NPP satellite designed to detect faint light observed the aurora over northern Europe.
Published Mar 9, 2016
Camilla, mascot for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, took a ride into space during a radiation storm.
Published Apr 29, 2012
Astronauts on the International Space Station captured these views of the aurora australis and wildfires in Australia.
Published Sep 27, 2011
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
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