NORTHERN LIGHTS

Residents in over a half-dozen state took to social media to share their encounters with the Northern Lights as they make a rare appearance in northern states this weekend.

Skies in parts of the northern U.S., Canada and Europe were dazzled with walls of green, pink and yellow this week.

A physics student and 'aurora chaser' got a special treat after reserving a cabin in Iceland: a storm surge of green auroras shimmering in the sky just overhead.

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Violent activity on the sun last week resulted in stunning views for observers in the northern hemisphere over the weekend.

The Northern Lights, known scientifically as auroras borealis, are triggered by geomagnetic activity from the Sun. They typically occur closer to the North Pole, near Alaska and Canada.

One celestial sight that many have never witnessed but yearn to see is the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights

While accepting the proposal, she expressed her desire to have a Northern Lights proposal, and in some ways, this wish came true.

The agency said Saturday that there is a 99% chance of a minor or greater solar radiation storm to occur.

A fireworks show that has nothing to do with the Fourth of July and everything to do with the cosmos is poised to be visible in the northern part of the United States and Europe just in time for Halloween.

The sun lobbed four enormous blobs of plasma toward Earth, and we will soon see their effects.

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It can appear closer to the equator than a typical aurora, and is often accompanied by a "picket fence" of jagged green points dancing beside it. Nobody knows what causes STEVE, but scientists agree it's no mere aurora. These tiny smears of green light are sometimes seen extending horizontally from the bottom of STEVE's green fence pickets, curving backward for about 20 to 30 seconds before vanishing from view. That makes the streaks "the lowest‐altitude and smallest‐scale optical feature associated with STEVE," the researchers wrote in the study. One clue about the streaks' origins comes from their green color, which is identical to the color of STEVE’s picket fence.

SAN ANTONIO - As satellite communications become vital for tasks on Earth, like landing planes and controlling self-driving cars, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has launched a new satellite with the hope of better understanding space weather. "It will go up into the Earth's very uppermost atmosphere to measure a type of weather called space weather," said NASA scientist Sarah Jones. Weather Tool: KSAT's new weather app is a hyperlocal, easy-to-use tool for San Antonio, beyondThe upper atmosphere is a battleground of sorts, where Earth's weather interacts with outer space's solar radiation. Latest weather forecast: More temperature, humidity swings this week"It affects our technology. NASA hopes the result is an ability to better forecast space weather.

On this day in 1941, one of the greatest displays of the Northern Lights took place across the United States.

In the high latitudes of Alaska, the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, are a light show like no other. Lee Cowan travels to Fairbanks to witness the magical, even spiritual experience that viewing these extraordinary phenomena can be, and talks with photographer Ronn Murray about capturing the Aurora.