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Northern Lights

Magnetic field cracking open

March 1, 2012 by Robert

AURORA OUTBURST: Last night, for the second night in a row, sky watchers around the Arctic Circle witnessed an impressive display of auroras.

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Crack opens in the earth’s magnetic field

November 7, 2011 by Robert

It began when a seemingly minor solar wind stream hit Earth’s magnetic field. Then whoosh! The minor hit turned into a not-so-minor display when a crack opened in the earth’s magnetic field, allowing the solar wind to pour through the breach and fuel the storm.

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Sun buffets Earth with streams of energy even during sunspot minimums

November 6, 2011 by Robert

Challenging conventional wisdom, a new study finds that the earth was bombarded last year with high levels of solar energy at a time when the Sun was unusually quiet and sunspots had virtually disappeared,

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Geomagnetic super-storm sets telegraph papers on fire

November 6, 2011 by Robert

On September 2, a billion-ton coronal mass ejection slammed into the earth’s magnetic field. The glow awoke campers in the Rockies in the middle of the night, who thought the sun was rising. But no, it was the Northern Lights.

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Strongest Geomagnetic Storm in 18 Months Hits Earth

October 31, 2011 by Robert

13 Apr 10 – A sudden geomagnetic storm from the Sun increased from geomagnetic K-index 4 to a number 7 (out of a possible 10) in just three hours – the strongest such storm in the past 18 months.

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Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights

October 11, 2011 by Robert

Duck! Plasma bullets are zinging past Earth.  That’s the conclusion of researchers studying data from NASA’s five THEMIS spacecraft.

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Colliding Auroras Produce Explosions of Light

September 30, 2011 by Robert

A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights.

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