Millions of charged particles are rushing toward earth after a gigantic solar flare on Tuesday. Bad news for NASA's latest mission, but good news for sky-watchers: Those charged particles also collide with the earth's
A solar storm may cast colored lights – known as the Aurora Borealis or Northern lights – in the sky over parts of the northern Plains, the Great Lakes region and Northeast on Thursday and Friday, forecasters say. “It's a very rare occurrence,” Joe
When such solar winds interact with Earth's magnetic field, it can create beautiful shows of what are known as the Northern Lights. Scientists expect the light show could come much further south than usual, making it possible to be seen in northern
The northern lights didn't make a hoped for appearance Thursday morning but could appear Thursday night, a NASA expert says. The aurora borealis isn't usually visible in the continental United States. However a solar storm on Tuesday may have been big
The first northern lights display of 2014 is on tap for the United States Wednesday night into Thursday morning.