Sounding rockets launched from the Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, Alaska, lit up the night sky for miles ...

Before a rare "blood moon" lunar eclipse amazed Americans on Thursday, the aurora borealis glowed bright green last weekend, dazzling viewers in Alaska, according to observers who captured the event ...

It’s part of an experiment called “AWESOME,” which seeks to observe how auroras affect Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Fairbanks, known as the Golden Heart of Alaska, sits at 65 degrees north latitude, making it an excellent choice for aurora ...

Two NASA sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks early Tuesday morning in a mission aimed ...

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more data, at The listings below will be updated and published weekly until ...

Any aurora chasers in Alaska likely did a double take this week when they witnessed some human-made additions to the dazzling Northern Lights overhead when teams launched two NASA-sounding rockets ...

A period of peak magnetic storms on the sun could lead to another show of northern lights on Earth on Saturday and Sunday, ...

Fairbanks spectators were treated to a vision of green on Sunday, one of the most common colors to appear in the aurora borealis, otherwise known as the northern lights. This weekend, a few ...

The idea is to measure the timing and strength of the energy waves thrown around by this spring’s strong aurora. Don Hampton, a scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a partner on ...