Red auroras are comparatively less frequent ... increasing the likelihood of more vibrant and varied aurora colors. The sun's activity fluctuates on an 11-year solar cycle, with periods of peak ...

One loyal KTVZ viewer was up all night Tuesday, as he captured a stunning timelapse of the Northern Lights, also known as ...

This is why the red light appears above the green ... Not to worry, though. When the aurora is bright enough, the colors are clearly visible to the naked eye.

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But green is not the color most people saw Thursday night. Thursday’s aurora was red. Similar to green, red also comes about from collisions with oxygen. But unlike green, red only occurs when ...

Skygazers in America, particularly in northern US states, have a chance to witness the aurora borealis this week due to increased geomagnetic activity. NOAA predicts a Kp index of four for Wednesday ...

Mars doesn’t have magnetic poles like Earth does, but that doesn’t stop the red planet from experiencing the night sky phenomenon known as the aurora. The Mars rover Perseverance made history by ...

The fewer collisions there result in a perception by humans of the excited atomic oxygen atoms as the color red. This is why the upper parts of the aurora curtains can appear as green fading into ...