NASA just launched rockets into the northern lights and captured the hidden electricity that powers them.

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...

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Every winter, thousands of tourists travel to high-latitude regions like Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska hoping to see the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Vincent Ledvina, an aurora guide and Ph.D ...

Geomagnetic storm conditions linked to fast solar wind streams may increase aurora visibility tonight across Canada, Scandinavia, and Alaska, according to NOAA and the U.K. Met Office.

Researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida are part of a team studying the dazzling phenomenon.

Researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and eight other institutions are hoping that the results of an upcoming dual NASA rocket launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska will help ...

NOAA forecasters expect more solar flares and ongoing geomagnetic activity throughout the rest of the month and early March ...

Depending on weather and cloud cover, visibility for a SpaceX rocket launch in California could extend to Arizona, Nevada or ...

NASA launched two rockets from Alaska this week to learn more about the electrical "circuitry" within auroras.

In a rare and dramatic science event, NASA launched three research rockets directly into the glowing northern lights above Alaska. The goal was simple but bold: fly instruments straight through the ...

NASA launched two sounding rocket missions from Alaska to measure auroral electrical currents and study geomagnetic storm impacts on Earth’s upper atmosphere and space-based systems.