Video: What are the northern lights?
Every winter, thousands of tourists head north hoping to catch a glimpse of the luminous auroras dancing in the sky.
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The northern lights, aka 'aurora borealis,' could be coming to a sky near you this week
Thanks to a geomagnetic storm from the sun, skywatchers across the far northern U.S. and most of Canada later this week could see the aurora borealis, aka the northern lights.
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May 15, 2019
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Scientists find auroral 'speed bumps' are more complicated
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center find that "speed bumps" in space, which can slow down satellites orbiting closer to Earth, are more complex than originally thought.
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Apr 23, 2019
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To catch a wave, rocket launches from top of world
On Jan. 4, 2019, at 4:37 a.m. EST the CAPER-2 mission launched from the Andøya Space Center in Andenes, Norway, on a 4-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket. Reaching an apogee of 480 miles high before splashing down in ...
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Jan 28, 2019
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Study presents surprising explanation for differences in Southern and Northern Lights
For many years, scientists assumed the aurora seen around the north pole was identical to the aurora seen around the south pole. The poles are connected by magnetic field lines and auroral displays are caused by charged particles ...
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2019
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Iceland's Northern Lights: Beautiful sight, risky drives
Police in Iceland have a warning for visitors: Beware our roads in the winter.
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Jan 13, 2019
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Secrets of solar flares can now be studied on Earth
Solar flares, cosmic radiation, and the northern lights are well known phenomena. But exactly how their enormous energy arises is not as well understood. Now, physicists at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have ...
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Apr 25, 2018
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New tool helps minimize impact of solar activity
University of Saskatchewan researcher Lindsay Goodwin has developed a new way to measure the impact of solar activity on the ionosphere as indicated by northern lights and geomagnetic storms. The ionosphere is the upper part ...
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Apr 10, 2018
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Scientists directly observe electron dynamics of the Northern Lights
The shower of electrons bouncing across Earth's magnetosphere, commonly known as the Northern Lights, has been directly observed for the first time by an international team of scientists. While the cause of these colorful ...
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Feb 14, 2018
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Image: Northern Lights over Canada from the ISS
The spectacular aurora borealis, or the "northern lights," over Canada is sighted from the International Space Station near the highest point of its orbital path. The station's main solar arrays are seen in the left foreground.
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