Project Aether: Aurora is a research initiative meant to provide scientists with the chance to study northern lights from high latitudes. The two-week project is currently taking place in Alaska and is scheduled to conclude on April 13.
In order to get the best views possible of the light shows, scientists with the... |
10 April 2012
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Tonight, December 28, the charged particles released from the Sun during a solar flare that occurred on December 26 will hit Earth's magnetosphere, and most likely cause polar lights to increase in brightness. Astronomers say that the flare was strong enough to cause such an effect.
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28 December 2011
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In this new image sent back to Earth from aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the polar lights dancing above the planet's North Pole are seen from an unusual perspective, which is from above. Most people are used to seeing auroras from below, looking like shimmering curtains of light in the dark.
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6 October 2011
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People living in New York City will have the chance to look up in the sky and see northern lights staring them right back in the face. The odd events are the result of a massive solar flare, which was produced by the Sun on March 9. The solar storm that resulted released vast amounts of material, mostly highly-energe... |
10 March 2011
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A few days ago, a rocket carrying scientific instruments took off from the Arctic, hurtling into our planet's beautiful light displays called the aurora. The goal of the investigation was to gain more insight into the phenomenon that causes satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to experience drag.
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16 December 2010
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According to astronomers, amateur skywatchers training their telescopes on the night sky on Monday or Tuesday (August 9-10) could see beautiful and luminous aurora lights. Over the weekend, a new solar flare was produced on the Sun, and its shock wave has already begun slamming into our planet's protective layer... |
10 August 2010
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All throughout Tuesday and Wednesday (August 3-4), skywatchers at the North Pole will get a real treat. Space weather experts say that the number and intensity of auroras that will appear during these two days will be unusually high for this period. This is due to the fact that a solar eruption took place late Sunday... |
3 August 2010
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Researchers at the University College London (UCL), in the United Kingdom, recently managed to observe the energetic particles that form the brightest auroras. This is the first time such a feat was accomplished, and the team behind the research says that their accomplishment was made possible through the use of the ... |
12 April 2010
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Many tourists visiting various locations where the Northern Lights are advertised as a possibility ask guides when the atmospheric events will “be turned on.” According to experts, guides may soon find it easier to answer this question with a higher degree of certainty. Astrophysicists know that the Sun p... |
15 February 2010
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Some of the best locations on Earth to do that are Norway, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and not forget, Alaska. Basically, it is to be “captured” by everyone living above 60 degrees north latitude. The Northern Lights - or Aurora Borealis, as it is also called – is likely to occur mostly from S... |
10 December 2008
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The beautiful northern lights, or Aurora Borealis as they are commonly known, are usually triggered in the northern regions of the Earth, as electrically charged particles originating in the solar winds are captured by the planet's magnetic field and drawn towards the general regions of the poles. These electric... |
12 December 2007
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