An Asahi Shimbun reporter watched video footage of the aurora borealis on his camera monitor a few minutes after 2 a.m. at the Shiroyone Senmaida terraced rice paddies here. The popular tourist ...

For nature and science fans, there’s something as exciting as Thanksgiving and Black Friday happening this year. The aurora ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. More often than not, the aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) appears as a pale streak of light almost ...

Seeing the aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a perennial bucket list for many. But few of us in the southern United ...

Dazzling aurora borealis displays like this usually are visible only in far northern and southern parts of the globe. But overnight on Oct. 10 and 11, they lit up the skies as far south as Texas.

Experts say the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are more visible right now due to the sun being at what astronomers call the “maximum” of its 11-year solar cycle. What this means is that ...