Night skies were lit up by these bright colour lights in locations where they don’t normally shine as a severe solar storm supercharged the phenomenon.
While the storm is expected to hit this weekend, Earth is currently experiencing several minor solar storms.
SpaceX is to thank for this incredible phenomenon.
The southern lights, or aurora australis if you enjoy sounding fancy, don’t get as much street cred as their northern counterparts. That doesn’t mean they can’t put on a show.
Spending a night staring at aurora borealis, or the northern lights, remains a bucket list tick for millions around the world.
Seeing the northern lights is one of those bucket list ticks that many dream about, but few accomplish. You could always watch a webcam stream it live.
A massive dragon-shaped aurora has appeared in the sky over Iceland, and NASA is rather surprised at the timing of it all.
Space travel has always been pretty appealing, but get a load of what Aurora borealis looks like from space. Spoiler alert – it’s spectacular.
Most people are familiar with the Northern Lights, but down south in Australasia they have their own thing going on. This footage from midair is special.
There was a lot of media coverage of the biggest solar storm in 6 years yesterday. Doomsayers were claiming the world’s electricity would be knocked out and that we’d all be burned to death by radiation. This all turned out to be a lot of hot air. What did happen though, thanks to the storm, was a spectacular display of the Northern Lights. Full gallery after the jump.