Solar Storm

The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, appear in the sky over Bifrost, Western Iceland on March 1, 2017. The Northern Lights are created as a result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere and charged particles released by the sun,…

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A geomagnetic storm making its way to Earth may mean auroras are visible over parts of the U.S. on May 16. The storm is the result of a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Space Weather Pr…

Australians may be able to catch a glimpse of a rare aurora lighting up the sky over the next two nights.  The fascinating phenomenon, which emits colourful rays of light into the earth's atmosphere, is typically observed near the north and south poles. The…

Cross your fingers for clear skies this week because parts of Canada could be treated to a spectacular show thanks to an incredible atmospheric phenomenon the Northern Lights. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G1 Minor G…

Cross your fingers for clear skies this week because parts of Canada could be treated to a spectacular show thanks to an incredible atmospheric phenomenon the Northern Lights. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G1 Minor G…

A geomagnetic storm is headed toward Earths atmosphere and could bring back-to-back auroras in the north three nights in a row. The NOAAs Space Weather Prediction Center issued a storm watch earlier this week for Wednesday into Thursday and has since extende…

Tuesday, May 14th 2019, 5:45 pm - The sky unexpectedly erupted in a bright display of the Northern Lights early Tuesday morning. Now get ready for the encore performance! Space weather scientists and aurora chasers alike were taken by surprise in the early h…

The phenomenon may divert spacecraft from their orbit and create problems for satellite communications and GPS navigation, the Laboratory of X-Ray Astronomy at the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Science said. Radio interference and Aurora Boreal…

Wrap up warm and head outside if you're in Dunedin, Masterton or the south coast of Wellington because you might catch a glimpse of aurora lights in the night sky. *Can you see the aurora australis? Get in touch with your pics! newstips@stuff.co.nz Otherwi…