The Northern Lights may be visible in the US today

The beautiful green, purple and red colors of the Northern Lights may be visible tonight from northern parts of the upper Midwest thanks to a solar ejection crashing into Earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SPWC) has issued a G1 geomagnetic storm watch for June 4 in anticipation of … Read more

Another chance to see the Northern Lights, plus another solar spectacle

Another coronal mass ejection from the sun could make the Northern Lights visible again over parts of New England on Friday evening. Even if the aurora’s geomagnetic glow doesn’t light up the sky over Massachusetts, there’s still a spectacular chance to see another solar phenomenon. Three weeks ago, a solar storm erupted from a huge … Read more

Bright green fireball lights up the sky over Portugal and Spain (Photos)

An ESA camera in Spain captures a bright fireball as it erupts over Portugal on May 18

The internet is on fire with images of a meteor streaking through the night sky over Portugal and Spain, lighting up the sky in a blue-green fireball. The meteor was confirmed by the European Space Agency (ESA), which caught the fireball with its cameras in Cáceres, Spain, on Saturday (May 18) at 6:46 PM EDT … Read more