From the largest planets to comets, there are a variety of worlds in the Solar System that experience aurorae. On Earth, the Northern and Southern Lights are caused by electrically charged ...

Big fancy space telescopes are all well and good, but there’s something about being able to see things with your own ...

As we approach 2025, we may be surprised that the sky will offer patterns and spectacles very different from what we’ve seen ...

The researchers found that the aurorae had longitudinal structures that were aligned with magnetic field lines, and for the ...

Happily, 2024 was a banner year for stargazers, headlined by a full solar eclipse and with a supporting cast that included spectacular aurorae at both poles, a comet bright enough to see with the ...

Yesterday, a *significant* coronal mass ejection erupted from the back of the Sun, with an estimated speed over 3000 km/s. If ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientist have begun to reveal the particle-level processes that create the type of auroras that dance rapidly across the sky. The Kinetic-scale Energy and momentum Transport ...

This past year saw some significant solar activity. This was especially true during the month of May, which saw more than 350 ...

All the while, the Sun remains at solar maximum, hopefully producing several repeats of the stunning aurorae we enjoyed in 2024. Several meteor showers will enjoy excellent viewing prospects in ...