Aurora Borealis

Moments

Why the northern lights will be so visible in 2025

The northern lights will be stronger in 2025 than they have in at least a decade.

27/12/2024

World News

No reports yet of disruptions to power and satellite communications

The unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of colour in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday.

11/05/2024

Destinations

UK Northern Lights: Where and how to see Aurora in 2024

The solar phenomenon will be stronger in 2024 than it's been in more than 10 years.

07/02/2024

Mobility

Scientists recreate Northern Lights with rocket to study space weather

Aurora Borealis can cause damage to satellites in severe solar storms. Scientists are experimenting to understand near-space weather better.

30/03/2023

Moments

Is this the best place in Europe to stargaze? I went to find out

“Stargazing isn’t just for one night, stargazing should be for a lifetime.”

22/02/2023

Nature

Never seen the Northern Lights? Here are the best shots of 2021

Travel photography blog, Capture the Atlas, publishes winners of the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year.

17/12/2021

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Spectacular timelapse catches Northern Lights dancing across Canada

A stunning timelapse video captured the Northern Lights as they shone through moving clouds over Thompson, Manitoba, on Tuesday night.

18/06/2020

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Finland: Northern Lights dance in the night sky

Striking green, purple and white, aurora displays lit up the night sky over Finnish Lapland from Friday to Saturday

28/09/2019

World News

Watch: Aurora borealis light up Antarctic sky and ice

The green polar lights threw light across the ice. They are caused by disturbances in the magnetosphere by solar wind, causing particles to move into the upper atmosphere and emit light.

06/09/2019

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Aurora dances brightly above Zhongshan Station in Antarctica

The aurora is a natural light predominantly seen in the high-latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic. It is caused by disturbances in the magnetosphere by the solar wind, which is a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun.

06/09/2019

Finland

Northern lights dance across night skies in Finnish Lapland

The magic spectacle of ‘Aurora Borealis’ was captured on camera over the Paatsjoki river in Finnish Lapland.

15/02/2019

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Northern Light display illuminates sky over Arctic Circle

The Northern Lights were seen dancing in the sky over the Arctic Circle for several hours on Monday (September 10) evening.

11/09/2018

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Watch: Aurora lights up skies above New Zealand

Shades of blue and green were captured on camera shimmering across the sky on Sunday.

27/08/2018