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Space & Cosmos
‘What is it? ‘Scientists explain white spots that appear near aurora borealis’
An image of an aurora showing a structured continuous emission. Credit: University of Calgary Faculty of Science Research Team The whitish-gray spots that sometimes appear in the night sky with the aurora borealis have been described for the first time by researchers at the University of Calgary. The paper, published Dec. 30 in the journal Nature Communications, investigates the “structured…
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Science
What lies behind the aurora borealis that brightens the southern sky more than usual?
The Northern Lights, also known as the Northern Lights, are visible in the sky near Knaresborough, England, on Friday, October 11, 2024. Credit: Andrew Hawkes via AP Another solar storm in a series of unusually strong solar storms to hit Earth filled areas farther south than usual, including parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City,…
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