Changes to the North Pole means that the Aurora Borealis (and its southern counterpart, the Aurora Australis) could become more commonly visible in other parts of the world. Sounds pretty nice, right?

A potent solar storm launched Saturday is expected to move into Earth’s magnetic field late on Monday and into early Tuesday.

A dazzling display in the nighttime sky might be seen much farther south than usual, including parts of Iowa, Oregon and Pennsylvania, by Tuesday, forecasters said.

The images have already been a boon for heliophysicists, showing turbulent magnetic activity at the south pole as the sun ramps up to the most active phase of its natural cycle.

An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the Earth.