It's good news for aurora chasers as peak auroral activity occurs a few years after solar maximum, according to Brekke. This ...

A value called Bz indicates how far south the solar wind's magnetic field is pointing, which can predict how likely the northern lights are to occur.

The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered ...

If you've ever been fortunate enough to witness the northern lights or southern lights in person, it likely won't surprise you that they have inspired countless myths and legends around the world.

It was studied along with other galaxies like the nearby NGC 3109, shown above, to learn how galaxies form, as part of a project called The VLT Survey Telescope Survey of Mass Assembly and Structural ...

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, and it’s a “monster star” surrounded by a cocoon ...

Around the world, the historic geomagnetic superstorm of late spring 2024 inspired millions of non-scientists around the world—many armed with highly sensitive smartphone cameras—to take a fantastic, ...

The 'Behemoth Star' WOH G64 is located a staggering 160,000 light-years from Earth in a neighbouring galaxy called the Large ...

Roughly 160,000 light years from Earth, the star WOH G64 sits in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our home ...

How not to miss the next big display of Northern Lights as solar activity spikes in 2024 and 2025, from heading north to stay ...

The newly opened Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon offers unobstructed views of the cosmos to the backdrop of Utah's gorgeous canyon country.