Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

Picture yourself standing at the Geographic North Pole with a compass in your hand. You'd expect that trusty needle to point ...

Earth’s magnetic field has been acting restless, with the north magnetic pole racing across the Arctic and the field itself ...

A NIMS research team has developed a new experimental method capable of rapidly evaluating numerous material compositions by ...

The northern lights could appear as far south as northern Iowa and South Dakota, according to NOAA’s view line.

Residents of 10 U.S. states could have the opportunity to see the dazzling northern lights just in time for Thanksgiving.

The first of three expected polar vortex systems is predicted to bring frigid temperatures. Here's what is expected in South ...

The strength of the latest geomagnetic storms has seen the aurora australis light up skies across a larger part of the country than usual.

The Met Office says that there will be "fast wind from a large coronal hole", as well as a possible "coronal mass ejection, ...

"Every holiday season there is a mass migration of humans towards home and family. We use many tools to help us navigate back to the places we’re from – from ...

Will the pole shift actually happen? Discover more about Earth’s magnetic poles and how they’ve shifted in the past.

Learn why aurora colors glow green and red, how ionized particles collide with atmosphere layers, the physics of green aurora ...