Astronaut Jonny Kim says this is his first attempt at a time-lapse – and it's a spectacular glimpse of the aurora from space ...

The lure of the Aurora Australis and the chance to warm up with a dram of local whisky makes the Apple Isle an ideal winter ...

An alert about a geomagnetic storm might not sound like a good thing, but it's exactly the kind of notification photographers of the southern night sky want to be getting.

Northern lights may once again be visible deep into mid latitudes tonight as geomagnetic storm conditions continue to wreak havoc with Earth's magnetic field.

The phenomenon is known as aurora australis in the southern hemisphere and aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere. It is caused by large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun's ...

the aurora australis—are an ethereal, breathtaking sight. Dancing silently in Earth’s upper atmosphere, they form iridescent sheets of green and red (or sometimes blue and purple) light.

But right now, the most hyped is undoubtedly the Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights. This dramatic light display paints the night sky with glowing beams that dance in every colour ...

The Aurora Australis celestial light show is returning for an encore in Australian skies. Here's everything you need to know, plus where to catch a glimpse. In May, Australian stargazers from ...

The colourful natural phenomenon, also called the southern lights, put on a strong display visible in the night sky across many parts of New Zealand on Sunday night, prompting photographers as far ...

A giant hole has opened in the atmosphere of the Sun, and it's blasting out a high-speed wind that is directed right at Earth ...

South Africans may soon witness a celestial spectacle usually reserved for the icy reaches of Antarctica — the Aurora Australis. For most of us, the chance to see the Southern Lights from our ...