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Astrologers have confirmed that the sun has released four giant solar flares within a 48-hour period, bdtoday.net reports.In the early hours of Monday, 13 May, the first of the emissions was registered

April was a record breaking month for tourism in Iceland, according to a recent news report.Despite being the coldest April since 2000 and the coldest in Akureyri since 1990, Keflavik International Airport

A photographer has compared the Northern Lights with "celestial fireworks going off", as he managed to take some of the clearest aurora photographs ever seen, huffingtonpost.co.uk reports.The news site

NASA has confirmed that tourists may have the best chance of seeing the Northern Lights this autumn, dailymail.co.uk reports.Researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have claimed

Scandinavia's Arctic Circle has been named the place with the greatest odds of seeing the Northern Lights, mnn.com reports.While there are several places in the Northern Hemisphere that provides glimpses

There's more to Iceland than the Northern Lights, although they are spectacular to witness. That's according to comments made by writer Kevin Wychopen, who recently visited Iceland and found it to be a

Tourists needn't worry about full moons getting in the way when they try to see the Northern Lights, newssy.net reports.Many people are fearful that a bright, full moon may impair their viewing of the

A man has spoken out about his "sheer excitement" at seeing the Northern Lights for the first time.Speaking to yahoo.com, Bill Carter - who lives in Georgia, America - explained how fantastic the experience

NASA is investigating the occurrence of the aurora borealis in space, alaskadisptach.com reports.The aurora is a phenomena which has dazzled humanity for centuries, but the fact that it appears in space

An MIT student proposed to his now fiance in true style, going down on one knee under the Northern Lights.Alex Rivest, a neuroscientist at one of the world's top universities uploaded a time-lapse video