For the very first time, a 'polar rain' aurora was seen in the skies above Planet Earth on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in ...

located high above our planet’s surface in the polar regions. Earth’s twin “halos” are called the “auroral ovals.” Scientists refer to the northern halo as the “Aurora Borealis ...

Aurora is typically seen in polar regions at around latitudes of ... Cheung relies heavily on real-time data from satellites and specialized apps, but he gets forecasts for bursts of auroral ...

In early November of this year, aurora borealis were observed at surprisingly ... such a storm would disrupt power grids and satellite communications. Their findings confirm that such extreme ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The polar lights. The merry dancers. The aurora borealis. Whatever you call the northern lights they remain an elusive and hard ...

Imagery is obtained from the GOES and METEOSAT geostationary satellites, and the two US Polar Orbiter (POES) satellites. POES satellites orbit the earth 14 times each day at an altitude of ...

Scientists attribute their vibrant colors to excited gases emitted in Earth's atmosphere; oxygen gives off the green color of the aurora. What Causes The Northern ... Scientists use satellites to ...

Aurora is a shifting pattern of light emitted ... The radiation can be seen with the naked eye, most notably at the polar regions where the Earth’s magnetic field focusses most of the solar ...