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The Best Locations To View The Northern Lights In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, According To Photographers

These spots along Lake Superior offer stellar stargazing and the potential to spot the elusive aurora thanks to their dark ...

Northern Lights Could Appear In These 10 States As Earth Could See Mild Geomagnetic Storm

The northern lights could be visible across as many as 10 states on Sunday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s space weather forecast, as the effects of a ...
Astronomy

As Earth’s axis precesses over 26,000 years, what bright stars become the North Star?

Earth wobbles on its axis like a spinning top, a motion called precession. This wobble takes about 26,000 years to complete one full circle. Different stars have served as the North Star throughout ...

If Your North Star Is Lost, New Techniques Can Point You South

The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other methods fail.