Steve is not an aurora but is often associated with its better known cousin, the aurora borealis - or Northern Lights - which was also captured across parts of the UK on Sunday. The much rarer ...

"You'd see this structured—almost like a patch—grey-toned or white toned-emission connected to the aurora," said researcher Emma Spanswick.

Sometimes, a glowing, whitish-gray patch appears in the sky next to the northern lights. Researchers at the University of Calgary […] The post There’s Finally An Explanation Behind The Ghostly Gray ...

Her team’s paper concludes it’s “most certainly a heat source” and says it suggests that the aurora borealis are more ... of purple light known as STEVE – or Strong Thermal Emission ...

The northern lights are best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time, according to NOAA, which recommends traveling to a ...

A new discovery has unveiled the origin of a strange whitish-grey patch seen with the northern lights. This phenomenon, now termed a "structured continuum emission," offers fresh insight into the ...

The sun is reaching a solar maximum. Here's what that could mean for Iowa and our chances to see the aurora borealis, known ...

Americans in more than a dozen northern U.S. states may be able to catch a glimpse of the northern lights Sunday evening, as ...

"STEVE manifests itself as this mauve or grey ... In the north the display is known as the aurora borealis. In the south it is called the aurora australis. According to the Royal Observatory ...

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.