High-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may affect Earth’s magnetic field, pulling the phenomenon further south.

If you're unable to view the northern lights in person, an online live view is the next best (and considerably warmer) thing. The northern lights are a truly remarkable spectacle, with curtains of ...

Viewers in Fairbanks, Alaska captured the northern lights, or the aurora borealis, on video Sunday, showing vibrant green ...

There may be more northern lights – or aurora borealis – sightings this spring. As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and ...

Valentine's Day could bring a dazzling display of the northern lights for stargazers in some ... storm will be especially driven by a high solar wind event, according to NOAA.

It was a biting 10 degrees Fahrenheit the first night I saw the northern lights. My mom, who’d agreed to join my winter aurora chase in Iceland, watched the swirls cozied up in the car—but I ...

The northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, may to be visible in a few northern states throughout Friday night if weather conditions allow. Though the colorful night-sky phenomenon is ...

Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, occur when solar activity — such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections — causes magnetic storms. These storms trigger interactions between the Earth ...

The lasting effects of a geomagnetic storm are expected to pull the northern lights to more states, forecasters said.

Monday’s forecast calls for low-end aurora borealis activity expected to increase significantly by Tuesday night.