"The reason we are seeing them so far south and with so much intensity is that as the sun reaches its maximum activity it produces the most powerful and frequent geomagnetic storms, and if they are ...

The Northern Lights may ramp up in intensity for the next 50 years as the sun potentially enters a new long-term phase of heightened activity, suggests a new study by solar scientists. The night sky ...

The Sun is getting busy and that’s great news for sky watchers! The Sun is getting busy and that’s great news for sky watchers! As we approach solar maximum, the peak of the Sun’s 11-year activity ...

PORTLAND (WGME)--- One year ago, Mainers were treated to a spectacular aurora borealis display, sparked by the most powerful solar storm since 1989. That storm, which occurred on the night of May 11, ...

A sky of reds, pinks, blues, purples and greens. If you were outside on the night of May 10-11, 2024 — even on the equator — and you had a clear sky, you were treated to a display of the Northern ...

Every 11 years, our sun goes through a cycle of activity known as the solar cycle a natural rhythm of rising and falling sunspot numbers. When the cycle reaches its most active phase, it’s called the ...

The Northern Lights may be visible further south again in 2025 due to an expected peak in solar activity. The aurora borealis's visibility in southern states is rare, but it has happened before during ...

With the eleven-year solar maximum cycle at its peak, this winter is set to offer more incredible showings of the Northern Lights. Havila Voyages’ coastal ships act like mobile observatories, ...