From the largest planets to comets, there are a variety of worlds in the Solar System that experience aurorae. On Earth, the Northern and Southern Lights are caused by electrically charged particles ...

Aurorae the result of charged particles—electrons, protons or ions—being accelerated along a planet’s magnetic field lines. The evidence for aurora on Mercury comes from a flyby of the ...

The bursts of colorful light—the northern lights—are colliding particles (usually electrons) and atoms; at collision, electrons can return to their initial, lower energy state, and in the process, ...

NASA Video Shows Aurorae From Space Lately, the International Space Station has been flying through geomagnetic storms, giving astronauts a close-up view of the Aurora Australis just outside their ...

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IN an interesting paper in Petermann's Mittheilungen for October, Prof. Fritz gives the results of his extensive researches on this subject. The investigation is beset with difficulties, not only ...

Other types of solar radiation events can trigger aurorae in the high atmosphere and shut down electrical grids. Large solar proton events could potentially threaten satellites, such as those that ...