Dunedin amateur photographer Kavan Chay spent 24 hours awake to capture this winning image of the Aurora Australis when it illuminated southern skies in May last year. “The reds were a level of ...

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The northern lights are one of the most spectacular displays in nature, and they could be especially intense during the ...

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It could be visible as far north as Auckland but the weather in the South Island is more favourable for viewing.

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Aurora Australis could be visible in New Zealand this week, but it might be difficult to predict when and where, according to an expert. Dr James Brundell, from the University of Otago’s physics ...

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, who launched with the Crew-11 mission from Florida, shared footage of auroras taken from the ...

The auroras are a natural light display in Earth's sky that are famously best seen in high-latitude regions of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Cardman documented the phenomenon in August from ...