Science news articles about 'aurora borealis'

... systems; and leads to the explosive release of energy that causes the spectacular brightening of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. For 30 years, there have been two competing ...

... solids, liquids and gases, we find the fourth state of matter, the plasmas of lightning to the aurora borealis and fluorescent tubes at the office. Further out, minor phenomena becomes the big event ...

... SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo. Later, the company wants to take space tourists into the heart of the aurora borealis for the first time.You can find our interview with Brian Binnie, the pilot who ...

... of the Journal of Geophysical Research. The northern and southern polar lights – aurora borealis and aurora australis – are the only parts of the magnetosphere that are visible, but it is a critical ...

A camera being set up in Yellowknife this year will allow people around the world to see the northern lights without having to leave home.

... -standing questions about how the ionosphere responds to energy input associated with such phenomena as the aurora borealis and atmospheric waves and tides. Only AMISR has the necessary temporal and ...