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Here’s how to tell airglow from northern lights.
New research solves enigma of strange hotspots in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Recent Martian findings are just the latest discoveries of aurora on other planets, both in and out of our solar system.
Geomagnetic storms can interact with particles near Earth, causing issues for satellites and other tech. Researchers send balloons 20 miles into the sky to figure out just what’s going on up there.
Astronauts living on the ISS get to experience the wonders of the universe’s natural phenomena like no one else.
Our power grid infrastructure on Earth is more vulnerable to space weather than previously thought – with susceptibility in more regions and even during quiet geomagnetic periods.
The southern lights that put on a show recently across parts of Australia are easily explained by science. But some cultures have their own explanation for these dazzling lights in the sky.
How scientists tracked a massive emission from the sun right across the solar system.
The aurora borealis lights up the Arctic night skies. Also called the Northern Lights, the phenomenon is the result of beams of charged particles tracing along the Earth’s magnetic field and entering the…
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