In the early hours of May 10, 2024, the Sun unleashed a powerful solar flare, recorded as an X3.9, marking one of the most significant solar events this year. According to Nasa‘s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which constantly monitors the Sun, this flare emanated from a large, active Sunspot. Solar flares, which are massive bursts of …
The Aurora Australis above the waters of Lake Ellesmere on the outskirts of Christchurch, New … [+] Zealand, on December 1, 2023. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images A series of three geomagnetic storms last week caused aurora displays at the most southerly latitudes in the northern hemisphere for 20 …
25 November 2023, Lower Saxony, Bad Zwischenahn: Northern lights dance over the Zwischenahner Meer … [+] on Saturday. Photo: Markus Hibbeler/dpa (Photo by Markus Hibbeler/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images UPDATE: original quotes were added to reflect exactly where aurora will be visible in the U.S. as well as information about …
The aurora borealis in Northumberland on the north east coast of England on November 5, 2023. (Photo … [+] by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images) PA Images via Getty Images The northern lights—also called the aurora borealis—could be visible in northern U.S. states after a spike in magnetic activity on the sun on Thursday, …
A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, … [+] carrying NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s DISSIPATION mission. The rocket launched into aurora and successfully captured data to understand how auroras heat the atmosphere and cause high-altitude winds. NASA/Lee Wingfield NASA has revealed that it fired a suborbital …
The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) as seen from Bloomington, Indiana, earlier this year. (Photo … [+] by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Solar physicists predict that aurora could be visible from northern U.S. states on Sunday after a major eruption was yesterday observed on the sun by the National …
Parker Solar Probe’s Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe (WISPR) instrument captured the moment the … [+] spacecraft passed through a coronal mass ejection (CME) on Sept. 5, 2022. getty NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has become the first spacecraft ever to fly through a coronal mass ejection from the sun—a powerful eruption of billions of tons …
A stunning show of the Northern lights over the refuge hut on the Holy Island causeway in … [+] Northumberland . Picture date: Wednesday September 13, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images) PA Images via Getty Images Experts are predicting northern lights to be visible from U.S. states as far south as …
Northern Lights season is back! getty September is a great month for going outside to go stargazing in the northern hemisphere. With the nights now getting longer, there’s no need to wait until late at night and, besides, it’s about to get much cooler. From finding Uranus and spotting the Andromeda Galaxy to watching a …
Topline Tonight, Americans in parts of the Northern U.S. may have the opportunity to witness the magical display of the northern lights. This comes after last week’s predictions of the aurora borealis failed to materialize for more than a dozen states. Northern lights over Frederick Sound in Southeast Alaska, USA. (Photo by Wolfgang … [+] …