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Discover NASA's groundbreaking TRACERS mission launching this July—twin satellites designed to study Earth's magnetic shield ...
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission aims to map auroral electrojets, improving scientific models of space ...
Fair auroral activity is forecast over the skies of Canada and some northern U.S. states Wednesday night, with forecasters expecting similar activity Thursday.
Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about occultations in this episode of "Minnesota Night Skies." ...
The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.
Nearly a dozen states in the northern U.S. may have an opportunity to see the northern lights Sunday as geomagnetic storms will likely disrupt Earth’s magnetic field over the next two days, according ...
Why do the northern lights have different colors? The color of the aurora depends on which gas is being excited by the electrons and on how much energy is being exchanged, NASA said.
A stunning video of the northern lights as seen from space was shared by NASA astronaut Anne McClain at the International Space Station. The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis ...
A NASA astronaut aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has shared a stunning video of the aurora as seen from space, following a powerful geomagnetic storm.
The northern lights — also called aurora borealis — could be visible in Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, northern parts of Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa, New York ...
Astronaut Nichole Ayers, aboard the International Space Station, captured a stunning display of the Northern Lights over North America. While photogra ...
Nichole "Vapor" Ayers shared a fascinating video of the northern lights on X that unexpectedly formed while she was filming from space in May 2025.