Just when you thought the northern lights couldn’t get any more stunning ... three sounding rockets above central and northern Alaska during an auroral substorm to study how these substorms ...

According to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, the northern lights are caused by collisions between electrically charged particles that enter Earth's atmosphere from space ...

Two NASA rockets launched from Alaska on March 25, 2025, lit up the night sky with strange blue lights and white vapor trails to the backdrop of the Northern Lights. The spectacular display was ...