"This event was unlike anything we have ever seen." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Thursday (Nov. 3) a mysterious blue ribbon ...

Lapland is a magical destination that's on many children's wish lists, but it's great for adults too, says our writer – and ...

As beautiful as they are mysterious, these images capture a blue ribbon of light which lit up a small Lapland village and left locals bemused. Swedish skywatchers first thought the phenomenon was a ...

Ever since childhood, the swirling curtains of emerald green and vibrant violet dancing across the night sky — the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights — had held a mystical allure for me. In the ...

Discover the world’s best places to see the Northern Lights, from Norway and Iceland to Alaska and Canada. A guide to top ...

The northern lights blazed across the sky over the village of Ivalo in Lapland, Finland, on September 27. According to reports, solar wind hit the Earth's magnetic field, producing geomagnetic storms ...

I know, I know – but with three of the tour’s six evenings spent above the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, where winter nights are long, surely the odds are good. Especially as the most impressive ...

I traveled north of the Arctic Circle to a tiny village in Finland for a chance to see the northern lights. I booked a tour as far north as I could afford for the best chance of seeing the colorful ...

Latest image of aurora borealis above Yellowknife, NWT taken at 19:41 MST on January 22, 2012. AuroraMAX is a five-year educational and public outreach initiative that features live broadcast of the ...

Between September and April, thousands of people descend upon Finland’s Lapland, the country’s northernmost and largest (encompassing nearly 39,000 square miles) region. (Though the area also ...