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Pretty Space Pics: A Rocket Arcs Across the Northern Lights
Technology Here, a two-stage suborbital rocket rips across the auroras over Alaska. The small rocket was launched by scientists Saturday as part of a NASA-backed study into how auroras… Here, a...
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BigPic: The Northern Lights Like You've Never Seen Them Before
Technology Hyperspectral images capture the mysterious beauty of this phenomenon. In pictures and in person, the Earth's aurora looks sorta like wispy clouds made of emerald fuzz. That's gorgeous and...
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NASA Prepares To Launch Rocket Into The Heart Of The Northern Lights
Science The VISIONS mission will give scientists an inside look at how the optical phenomenon influences Earth's atmosphere. NASA scientists in Poker Flats, Alaska, have been waiting since Saturday...
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Walk Under The Aurora On Google Maps
Space It took mappers six nights in freezing weather to catch the Northern Lights To stand underneath the glowing, otherworldly dance of the aurora is an experience on our bucket list. But if you...
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NASA is About To Blast Some Rockets Through Alaska’s Northern Lights
Space Unraveling the mysterious electrical currents of the aurora borealis The lights of the aurora borealis are often described as “dancing,” since they fluctuate in shape and brightness. Inside, the...
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Watch A Rocket Blast Off Into An Aurora [Video]
Space Science is so pretty A few weeks ago, we wrote about an experiment that would launch a probe through an aurora, to try to unravel the Northern Lights' mysterious electrical structure. The Aurora…
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Arctic Report: What Are the Northern Lights, Really?
Space A combination of chemistry, astrophysics, and magic For centuries, this nighttime experience has inspired Vikings, Galileo, Aristotle, Ezekiel, Martin Luther, and hordes of tourists… For...
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Solar Storms Cause Huge Auroras On Jupiter
Space Northern lights The northern lights here on Earth might seem otherworldly, but on Jupiter, they are truly out of this world.
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Megapixels: NASA created these alien clouds to study our atmosphere
Space The plumes are stunning—and scientifically useful. Last Friday, strangely shaped clouds in shades of deep blue and aqua danced over Norway for around half an hour. The alien visuals, set against...
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Will Earth’s shifting magnetic poles push the Northern Lights too?
Science Scientists are studying the aurora's every move. The magnetic north pole has started moving swiftly at 31 miles per year. It has long been unclear whether the northern lights will move too.
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