Fiona Amery has delved into the accounts of some of the earliest polar explorers for traces of the once-mysterious crackling sounds of the northern lights. So when she visits northern Norway later ...

The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is a bucket list item for millions of stargazers. The effort required to catch a glimpse of the lights, for most people, includes a journey to ...

Nov. 5—BEMIDJI — The northern lights made a late evening showing on Wednesday across much of Minnesota's Northland. The incredible rays of pinks, purples and greens are also known as the aurora ...

If seeing the northern lights is on your bucket list, Iceland is one of the best places to make that dream come true. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, have been mesmerizing people for ...

Night-side flashes on Jupiter are giving planetary scientists a rare look at how this giant world behaves when it turns away from the Sun. By tracking these elusive lights, a NASA probe is turning ...

In July 1964, the 35-year-old physicist Peter Higgs remarked, “This summer I had the only really original idea I’ve ever had.” Forty-eight years later, Mr. Higgs was in Geneva for the announcement ...

The fascination with the Northern Lights dates as far back as the beginning of civilization, with the dancing waves of coloured light depicted in French cave paintings as old as 30,000 BC. Typically, ...

I’m in Tasmania, standing at Maingon Bay, on the edge of the Southern Ocean, looking due south. There’s nothing but sea between here and Antarctica, and you can feel it on the cold wind. The coast is ...