aurora borealis

A power geomagnetic storm that hit Earth on Monday created beautiful auroras that lit up the night sky during the Perseids meteor shower.

Light Show

The same sunspot responsible for the epic geomagnetic storm earlier this month just came back into view and immediately let loose.

Jupiter's Galilean moons also having fascinating auroras like the Northern lights on Earth, but can be even more colorful and powerful.

NASA has shared an absolutely gorgeous time lapse filmed from on board the International Space Station showing off a stunning aurora.

Turns out that when the Sun spits plasma at the Earth, it's actually pretty awesome.

The aurora borealis will be visible in large swathes of the northern United States and Canada over Thursday night. Here's why they occur.