Auroras over Australia look like sci-fi from space | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2026

The aurora australis shone brilliantly over Earth as astronauts watched from above. In a new image captured by European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot from aboard the International Space Station , you can see a spectacular aurora above the Indian Ocean off the coast of Perth, Australia. What is it? On May 7, 2026 at approximately 10:20 p.m. aboard the ISS, Adenot snapped a photo that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie. …