The auroral displays in the northern and southern hemisphere, also known as the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) or the Southern Lights (aurora australis), occur when charged particles from the Sun strike Earth’s atmosphere. The intense auroral activity of May 10–11, 2024, was the brightest and most widespread auroral display on Earth since 2003. (Credit: Judy B. Houle)

The unexpected connection between the northern lights and Hubble’s death

The most iconic, longest-lived space telescope of all, NASA’s Hubble, is experiencing orbital decay as the solar cycle peaks. Here’s why.

Here, in the spring of 2024, Earth’s inhabitants are getting quite a show: the greatest, most widespread, and…