"The aurora does not need to be directly overhead but can be observed from as much as a 1,000 km [621 miles] away when the aurora is bright and if conditions are right," the agency explains on its ...

Aurora borealis is one of the coolest astronomical events that we can see with the naked eye. It makes the sky glow beautiful colors, and auroras are just random enough to be exciting occurrences. But ...

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The aurora borealis might appear in skies from Washington to New York, lighting up the night with beautiful colors, as a stream of electrically charged particles called "solar wind" hits the poles ...

A swath of northern U.S. states may be able to see aurora borealis on Friday night, as high-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, according to the ...

Los cielos del norte brillan de color punk y naranja con la aurora boreal cerca de Walla Walla, Washington, el miércoles 30 de marzo por la noche (Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Boletín /AP ...

Aurora Borealis, Latin for "northern dawn”, forms when charged particles from the sun collide with Earth's upper atmosphere at incredible speeds — up to 45 million mph. The planet's magnetic ...