Auroras (also called the northern and southern lights) are visible from the ground after powerful solar storms, but these ...

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.

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

The Northern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak Monday night into Tuesday. Here’s what to look for and how to see it.

The Taurid meteors will appear to originate from the constellation of Taurus, hence their name, but they will be visible from anywhere in the night sky. Taurus will rise in the eastern sky around ...

In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial ...

Stargazers should prepare themselves for an uptick in aurora borealis -- or northern lights -- activity as the current solar cycle nears its peak.

the southern lights, or aurora australis - are "the last step of processes" from energy that originates from the sun, Elizabeth Macdonald, a space physicist with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...