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An aurora glows above Tromso, Norway, in 2010.
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Mining Ancient Texts Reveals Clues to Space Weather of Yore

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 24 May 201718 April 2022

Low-latitude sightings of colorful hues in the sky likely to have been auroras indicate powerful geomagnetic storms buffeted Earth when some old chronicles were written, researchers report.

Researchers spot the cause of poleward boundary intensifications in Earth’s aurora
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Polar Interlopers in the Aurora

Leah Crane by L. Crane 9 March 201718 July 2023

A new study suggests that poleward boundary intensifications in the aurora are caused by fast flows of plasma from the poles into the auroral oval.

A researcher examines the methods behind a rocket launched in 1966 to measure electric fields in space.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Retracing the First Spaceborne Electric Field Measurement

by Mark Zastrow 4 January 201724 October 2022

Fifty years ago, a sounding rocket made history by taking the first measurement of an electric field in space. What techniques were used to capture this data?

Jupiter-auroras-plasma-magnetic-field-interaction
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Jupiter's Auroras Recharge Between Solar Storms

by Mark Zastrow 21 September 20164 May 2022

New research suggests that Jupiter's magnetic field replenishes its stock of plasma during lulls in solar activity, creating spectacular displays when a solar storm hits.

Aurora over Mason City, Iowa, spawned by a geomagnetic storm that started 18 September 1941.
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The Geomagnetic Blitz of September 1941

by J. J. Love and P. Coïsson 15 September 201610 November 2022

Seventy-five years ago next week, a massive geomagnetic storm disrupted electrical power, interrupted radio broadcasts, and illuminated the night sky in a World War II battle theater.

Aurora over Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska, in March 2011.
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Aurorasaurus Puts Thousands More Eyes on the Sky

by J. Clayton and M. Hall 18 April 201631 January 2022

Citizen scientists share real-time auroral sightings to advance research.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Hubble Gazes at Europa's Aurora

by Mark Zastrow 17 March 201610 February 2023

Scientists get their best glimpse yet of the shimmering phenomena on one of Jupiter's most intriguing moons.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Magnetic Field Pulsations and Aurora Tightly Linked

by Mark Zastrow 12 February 201627 September 2022

Mysterious plasma waves from space are generating displays of aurora near Earth's poles.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Makes Jupiter's Aurora Pulse?

by Mark Zastrow 13 November 20154 May 2022

The aurora crowning Jupiter's poles—the most powerful in the solar system—flares up when plasma is injected into its magnetic field.

Posted inFeatures

Aurora Painting Pays Tribute to Civil War's End

by J. J. Love 24 September 20155 October 2021

Frederic Edwin Church's 1865 arctic landscape, Aurora Borealis, is a beautiful depiction of nature. It might also be a memorial reflection on the end of the war.

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