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An aurora (pl. aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains, rays ...
6 days ago · Aurora, luminous phenomenon of Earth’s upper atmosphere that occurs primarily in high latitudes of both hemispheres; in the Northern Hemisphere auroras are called aurora borealis, aurora polaris, or northern lights, and in the Southern Hemisphere they are called aurora australis or southern lights.
Feb 9, 2024 · When that wind slams into Earth's ionosphere, or upper atmosphere, the aurora is born. In the Northern Hemisphere, the phenomenon is called the northern lights (aurora borealis), while in the...
Jun 13, 2024 · Frequently there are beautiful light shows in the sky. These lights are called auroras. If you're near the North Pole, it is called an aurora borealis or northern lights. If you're near the South Pole, it is called an aurora australis or the southern lights.
May 10, 2024 · An aurora is one of nature’s most spectacular sights, a dazzling glow in the upper atmosphere driven by space weather.
May 25, 2024 · Auroras are perhaps the most spectacular natural light shows on Earth — and they look even more majestic from above. Also called the northern lights (aurora borealis) and southern lights...
May 12, 2024 · When witnessed near the North they are called Aurora Borealis, while those in the South are called Aurora Australis. Why were they seen across a wider region recently, including India? We explain.
May 11, 2024 · The northern lights appear in the sky when charged particles spew from the sun during solar storms, making colorful light displays when clouds of those particles collide with...
May 15, 2024 · That same night, observers on the ground captured spectacular photographs of the dazzling light. The following photos represent just a handful of those shot by citizen scientists as part of NASA’s Aurorasaurus project, which tracks aurora sightings around the planet.
6 days ago · The strange aurora covered the North Pole sky on December 25 and 26, 2022, and Hosokawa and his colleagues have now identified the phenomenon as a rare polar rain aurora in Science Advances.
