The lights form when charged particles from the sun collide with the earth's atmosphere, causing gases like oxygen and nitrogen to emit colorful light.

We had one of the best Northern Lights displays in history over Cork last night. But if you missed it, don't worry - we've ...

However, the polar rainbow is expected to overlap parts ... the borealis will be visible in areas outside the norm after the sun erupted with two flares, including an X-class solar fare ...

"It looked like some kind of rainbow explosion." The lights form when charged particles from the sun collide with the ...

Ever wanted to catch a glimpse of the elusive Arctic answer to a rainbow ... is primed for a peak parade as the sun’s activity is at max (the feistier it flares in space, the wilder and more ...

A moonbow — also called a lunar rainbow — is caused by light refracting ... with last week’s solar flares and coronal mass ejections causing heightened geomagnetic storms across the polar ...

It's not too often the skies are awash in pink and purple. But that's what happened on Thursday when northern lights soared ...

Vibrant northern lights lit up skies over Kamloops and the Okanagan twice this week, and area photographers captured the ...

The air that high up tends to be quite stable, allowing for these displays to form into curtains of rainbow ... the Sun, headed towards Earth. At Earth (right), x-rays from the solar flare ...

As someone with dietary restrictions, I know that this time of year can be a bit of a letdown – while everyone is enjoying ...