The northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, appear when charged particles collide with the gases of the Earth’s atmosphere around the magnetic poles. This collision emits light of ...
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In the north, the display is called aurora borealis, or northern lights. In the south, it is called aurora australis, or southern lights. Auroras and the Solar Wind. The activity that creates auroras begins on the sun. The sun is a ball of superhot gases made of electrically charged particles called ions.
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The Northern Lights - or aurora borealis - appear as bright, swirling curtains of lights in the night sky and range in colour from green to pink and scarlet. The Southern Lights - aurora...
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AuroraWatch UK is a free service offering alerts of when the aurora might be visible from the UK. It is run by scientists in the Space and Planetary Physics group at Lancaster University’s Department of Physics. See the aurora borealis from the UK.
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The northern lights are created when energized particles from the sun slam into Earth's upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph (72 million kph), but our...
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When and where are you most likely to see the Northern Lights? As the UK is south of where the natural aurora belt occurs (Norway/Iceland/Greenland), it takes a severe or extreme geomagnetic...
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Frequently there are beautiful light shows in the sky. These lights are called auroras. If you're near the North Pole, it is called an aurora borealis or northern lights. If you're near the South Pole, it is called an aurora australis or the southern lights.
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The latest 24 hours of image frames comprising the Northern and Southern hemisphere loops (with time-tagged file names) are available: Northern, Southern. The most recent Northern and Southern Hemisphere images (with static file names) are available: Northern, Southern
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Find out about how and why the northern lights form, and where to see them in the UK. This incredible occurrence can be occasionally seen in the night sky over Britain. The northern lights...
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