Washington Post: The mysterious sudden brightening and wavelike movements of the aurora borealis, also called the Northern Lights, are caused by periodic explosions of magnetic energy 80,000 miles above Earth, NASA researchers reported
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What makes the Northern Lights dance? Free
25 July 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.5.022503
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EISSN:1945-0699
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