the Government of Alberta and the Canadian Space Agency. The aurora occurs near the poles of both the northern and southern hemisphere. In the north the display is known as the aurora borealis.

Chris Ratzlaff, an Airdrie resident and aurora chaser (and in many ways a local expert) who manages the Alberta Aurora Chasers Facebook group (with nearly 300,000 members), forecasts a 35 per cent ...

Northern lights (aurora borealis) in Fairbanks, Alaska ... Your cellphone can now take pictures of the aurora,” Spanswick notes. “That has flowed to the commercial sensor market now. Those types of ...

Many travellers, some of them lured by those stunning images on social media, are also noticing the difference. As the solar activity that causes the aurora borealis is expected to reach the peak ...

One of the highlights for astronauts who spend time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is the chance to enjoy ...

The northern lights should continue well into the weekend and may even reach down into the middle parts of the US.

Skywatchers are set to be dazzled by the northern lights over the coming hours, as a geomagnetic storm builds.

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

The SWPC's forecast indicates that aurora borealis could be visible as far south as central Wisconsin. Monday's forecast has a Kp index of four. For indexes in this range, the lights will likely ...