Before you can see those auroras in space, you have to pass a lot of tests. They put you through physical exams and ...

Following in the footsteps of Aristotle and Galileo, NASA scientists look to take the next step in understanding auroras.

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

Two NASA rocket missions are taking to the Alaskan skies in hopes of discovering why some auroras flicker, others pulsate, ...

NASA's 2025 rocket missions aim to uncover aurora mysteries, focusing on flickering, pulsations, and black patches.

When this material, called a coronal mass ejection (CME), arrives at Earth on New Year's Eve, it will interact with Earth's atmosphere to form auroras. "There have been multiple M-Class and X ...

The outbursts represent continuing tumult amid what scientists have identified as the maximum of the sun’s current activity cycle, which also produced stunning auroras as far south as Florida in ...

Scientists create a 19-year dataset to study Earth's mesosphere, revealing links between auroras and atmospheric processes.

A newly compiled dataset of nearly one billion images of auroras is helping researchers categorize—and perhaps ultimately ...

NASA is launching rockets into the Northern Lights from Alaska to investigate why auroras have distinct movements such as flickering and pulsating.