Bruen told Space.com in an email. Deep sky astrophotographer Astro Ben captured a beautiful timelapse of the northern lights dancing over his garden in the U.K. "Beautiful Aurora Borealis seen ...

Colorful northern lights have decorated night skies in unexpected places, and space weather experts say there are more ...

Aurora does not have to be directly overhead to be visible: it can be observed from more than 600 miles away if the conditions are right.

A powerful solar storm has sent particles flowing from the sun that are interacting with Earth's magnetosphere in ways that are triggering the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis.

Still, the aurora borealis can be forecast with a certain degree of accuracy. And that's the job of the Space Weather Prediction Center. The center monitors sunspots, solar flares and plasma ...