Colliding auroras produce an explosion of light, UCLA scientists report
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 11:28
in Astronomy & Space
A network of ground-based cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the aurora borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights. Sometimes vast curtains of aurora borealis collide, producing spectacular outbursts of light. Link: http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu