Aurora - Wikipedia Auroras are the result of disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by enhanced speeds of solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma
Auroras - Science@NASA Auroras are vibrant light displays created when energetic particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere These events, also seen on other planets like Saturn and Jupiter, result in a range of colors depending on altitude and the atmospheric gases involved
Aurora Dashboard (Experimental) - NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction . . . This page provides a prediction of the aurora’s visibility tonight and tomorrow night in the charts below The animations further down show what the aurora’s been up to over the last 24 hours and estimates what the next 30 minutes will be like
What Is an Aurora? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Frequently there are beautiful light shows in the sky These lights are called auroras If you're near the North Pole, it is called an aurora borealis or northern lights If you're near the South Pole, it is called an aurora australis or the southern lights
Aurora - Education | National Geographic Society Most auroras happen about 97-1,000 kilometers (60-620 miles) above Earth’s surface The most active auroras happen when the solar wind is the strongest The solar wind is usually fairly constant, but solar weather—the heating and cooling of different parts of the sun—can change daily
Aurora | Location Facts | Britannica Aurora, luminous phenomenon of Earth’s upper atmosphere that occurs primarily in high latitudes of both hemispheres; in the Northern Hemisphere auroras are called aurora borealis, aurora polaris, or northern lights, and in the Southern Hemisphere they are called aurora australis or southern lights
What is the aurora? - NASA What does an aurora look like? Auroras can appear as long, narrow arcs of light, often extending east to west from horizon to horizon At other times they stretch across the night sky in bands that kink, fold, and swirl, or even ruf e like curtains
Auroras | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather What is an aurora? An aurora is a colorful light show in the sky caused by the Sun Auroras happen when particles from the Sun interact with gases in our atmosphere, causing beautiful displays of light in the sky Auroras are often seen in areas near the North Pole or South Pole