northern lights

Depending on who you ask, the northern lights (aurora borealis) may, very occasionally, sound like "rustling silk." By Fiona Amery It’s a question that has puzzled observers for centuries: do the fantastic green and crimson light displays of the aurora borealis...

Another solar storm -- also referred to as a geomagnetic storm -- is due for tonight in the high latitudes of the globe due to a hole that has opened up in the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, causing...