Aurora Borealis

  • The Southern Lights

    The Northern Lights traveled South! In possibly a once in a lifetime event, the Aurora Borealis (The Northern Lights) were visible throughout the southeast on Friday night, May 11. An unusually large coronal mass ejection from a sunspot some 15 times the width of the Earth sent a huge stream of particles our way resulting…

  • The Sun

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 15. If you travel far enough north (or south) and look up at the night sky, you might see some swirly patterns of light. These are the northern (or southern) lights, more correctly called Aurora Borealis (or Aurora Australis). Auroras start with the Sun. The Sun is huge ball…