Aurora

Frozen silence, dancing lights, and a spiritual journey to Lapland

In Lapland, the Arctic silence, the endless snow, and the dancing lights remind you that the world is vast, and our moments of awe are what make it infinite.

|ByJACOB MAOR
PASSENGERS OF the icebreaker ‘Polar Explorer’ walk across the frozen surface of the Bothnian Sea.
The aurora over Japan.

A rare blue aurora over Japan stretched all the way to space. Now scientists think they know why

Researchers report an unknown process transports nitrogen to high altitudes, making blue aurora a mystery.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Aurora borealis over the sea.

The Magnetic North Pole is moving closer to Russia? Scientists puzzled

The magnetic North Pole is the direction that a compass needle points, and it is not a fixed location; it changes due to magnetic activity beneath the Earth's crust.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Diagram showing how patchy proton auroras are formed.

UAE, NASA missions find 'patchy' auroras in Mars atmosphere

The new type of aurora is formed with the solar wind hitting Mars' dayside upper atmosphere and emits ultraviolet light as it slows down.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aurora shooting claims 5 lives as gunman opens fire

"The President has been briefed and is monitoring the ongoing situation," said White House Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.

FEBRUARY 16, 2019ByREUTERS
A police car blocks access to the scene of a mass shooting at the Cameo Nightlife club in Cincinatti, Ohio, US March 26, 2017.