NASA has identified two types of auroras—fast-pulsating and flickering. Pulsating auroras flash on and off within seconds.
In October, NASA declared that solar maximum has occurred in the current 11-year cycle, making solar surges and northern lights more frequent. The active period is expected to last for at least ...
Ever wonder what the northern lights look like from space? Thanks to NASA astronaut Don Pettit, you can see for yourself. Pettit captured this time-lapse of the aurora from the International ...
Northern lights have shone across skies in parts of the United States twice so far this year — once in May during an “extreme” geomagnetic storm that produced what NASA declared to be among ...