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Discovery of Saturn's auroral heartbeat
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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An international team of scientists led by Dr Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester has discovered that Saturn's aurora, an ethereal ultraviolet glow which illuminates Saturn's upper atmosphere near the poles, pulses roughly once per Saturnian day. (2010-08-04)
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Aurora Alert: The Sun is Waking Up!
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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Sky viewers might get to enjoy some spectacular Northern Lights, or aurorae, tomorrow. After a long slumber, the Sun is waking up. Early Sunday morning, the Sun's surface erupted and blasted tons of plasma (ionized atoms) into interplanetary space. That plasma is headed our way, and when it arrives, it could create a spectacular light show. (2010-08-03)
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Man-made aurora to help predict space weather
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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For more than 25 years, our understanding of terrestrial space weather has been partly based on incorrect assumptions about how nitrogen, the most abundant gas in our atmosphere, reacts when it collides with electrons produced by energetic ultraviolet sunlight and "solar wind." (2010-06-08)
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Colliding auroras produce an explosion of light
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. (2009-12-18)
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Magnetic Tremors Pinpoint the Impact Epicenter of Earthbound Space Storms
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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Using data from NASA's THEMIS mission, a team of University of Alberta researchers has pinpointed the impact epicenter of an earthbound space storm as it crashes into the atmosphere, and given an advance warning of its arrival. (2009-05-29)
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Clemson scientists launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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Clemson University space physicists have traveled around the world to launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions. (2009-02-27)
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Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mystery
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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UCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of energy that causes the spectacular brightening of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. (2008-07-25)
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Northern lights glimmer with unexpected trait
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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An international team of scientists has detected that some of the glow of Earth's aurora is polarized, an unexpected state for such emissions. (2008-04-28)
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NASA spacecraft make new discoveries about Northern Lights
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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A fleet of NASA spacecraft, launched less than eight months ago, has made three important discoveries about spectacular eruptions of Northern Lights called "substorms" and the source of their power. (2007-12-12)
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Unexpected cooling effect in Saturn's upper atmosphere
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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UK researchers from University College London (UCL), along with colleagues from Boston University, have found that the hotter than expected temperature of Saturn's upper atmosphere - and that of the other giant planets - is not due to the same mechanism that heats the atmosphere around the Earth's Northern Lights. (2007-01-29)
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Northern lights research enters final frontier
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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An international team of scientists — including physicists from the University of Calgary — will begin gathering the most detailed information yet about the ever-changing northern lights, as a multi-year research project enters its ultimate phase with the launch of five NASA satellites from Cape Canaveral next month. (2007-01-15)
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Chandra looks back at the Earth
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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In an unusual observation, a team of scientists has scanned the northern polar region of Earth with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. (2005-12-30)
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Hundreds of auroras detected on Mars
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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Auroras similar to Earth's Northern Lights appear to be common on Mars, according to physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, who have analyzed six years' worth of data from the Mars Global Surveyor. (2005-12-13)
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Movement of Earth's North Magnetic Pole Accelerating Rapidly
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09/09/2010 01:49 AM
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After some 400 years of relative stability, Earth's North Magnetic Pole has moved nearly 1,100 kilometers out into the Arctic Ocean during the last century and at its present rate could move from northern Canada to Siberia within the next half-century. (2005-12-12)
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