The Arctic is vital to the strategic defense of the United States, which is why there are three USAF bases in Alaska.

Eight years into living in Longyearbyen, on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, I embrace the seasonal plunge into total ...

Catch the northern lights farther south than usual, thanks to increased solar activity. NASA says more stunning displays ...

In May, NOAA issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning. The storm that slammed Earth was the strongest in more than two ...

A “severe” geomagnetic storm is approaching our planet, with a fantastic light show expected to grace North American skies.

Scientist Jim Wild has travelled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he ...

This striking satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers perched between mountainous peaks on a barren island in the Canadian Arctic ... largest island on Earth and Canada's ...

A bomb threat forced an Air India flight to Chicago to make an emergency landing north of the Arctic Circle — as tensions ...

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon which only occurs above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic Circle during the ...

The sun is at the peak of an 11-year solar cycle that allows for more solar flares and more frequent sightings.

When combined with advanced cameras that can capture the lights, witnessing the northern lights has become more attainable ...