A geomagnetic storm brought the northern lights all the way to Austin, lighting up the sky with vivid colors. Here's what creates the aurora borealis.

Arizona skywatchers were treated to a rare celestial show Tuesday as the northern lights shimmered across parts of the state. Powerful solar storms hitting Earth this week pushed the aurora borealis far south, dazzling skywatchers across more than a dozen states.

The Northern Lights are appearing more frequently across the South. Here's why you were able to see them in Nashville.

The Aurora Borealis dazzled on Tuesday and Wednesday as this phenomenon could be seen through out Idaho, but it really popped at Red Fish Lake near Stanley.

The phenomenon known as aurora borealis or northern lights was observed in parts of Hokkaido on Wednesday night as a geomagnetic st

A coronal mass ejection happens when an enormous cloud of charged and highly magnetised plasma erupts from the solar corona into space, causing radio and magnetic disturbances on Earth. The Northern Lights, also called the aurora borealis, are typically only visible from northern latitudes.