A NASA astronaut on the International Space Station posted video showing the aurora australis as seen from above.

China's lone research icebreaker, the MV Xue Long, may be stuck in thick Antarctic ice after a heroic rescue effort.

The Northern Lights, otherwise known as Aurora Borealis, will be visible across multiple states in the U.S. on April 15 and ...

A recent solar storm has increased the likelihood of seeing the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights. Otago Museum astronomer ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Aurora Australis, Building a Bridge in Six Weeks to Save a Half Hour, and more ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 118 No. 18 (May ...

Photographer Paul Hoelen. Picture: Linda Higginson Hoelen captured Wednesday night’s Aurora show, saying the science of predicting Auroras was “very complex” and factors like cloud cover and ...

The Aurora Australis illuminates the sky from Brighton beach in Melbourne. (Photo by George Hitchens / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Source: SIPA USA / George Hitchens / SOPA Images/George Hitchens / SOPA ...

Timelapse satellite imagery showed the aurora australis dancing over the Southern Ocean between Antarctica and Australia on March 24. The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) ...