WASHINGTON (AFP) — Explosions of magnetic energy between Earth and the moon are behind the sparkles and wavy glows of the Northern Lights that color the

An international team has discovered that when Earth's "magnetotail" snaps out in space, the northern lights start dancing across Canada's skies.

The source of magnetic storms in space that intensify the northern lights and disrupt satellites and power grids has been identified by scientists.

By Tariq Malik A flotilla of NASA probes has solved the 30-year mystery behind the most colorful aurora displays on Earth and the explosive magnetic

by Paul Jay, CBC News The aurora borealis draws tourists from across the globe to see the phenomenon once feared and revered but now understood to be

By Robert Sanders, Media Relations | 24 July 2008 BERKELEY — A year and a half after the launch of a fleet of five satellites to probe storms in the Earth's

Dramatic images of one of the largest water source regions on Mars have been beamed back to Earth. Full Story Scientists believe they have solved the

by Rich Bowden - Jul 24 2008, 21:21 An international team of scientists have settled a long-standing debate over what causes the Northern Lights to flicker.

The mechanism that triggers the colorful auroras that dance across the night sky near the Earth’s two poles has been revealed by a quintet of NASA

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The multicolored aurora borealis and aurora australis -- the Northern Lights and Southern Lights -- represent some of

Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about

Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that