Aurora Borealis

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The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, graced our skies multiple times in 2025, as the Sun's 11-year cycle of activity peaked.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Aurora Borealis, as the green lights dancing across the sky are known formally, are caused by charged sun particles interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field, which is most intense at the poles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Here are images of the Aurora Borealis from across the West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

Plasma can be observed in the natural world in the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, and the Sun's corona during the recent solar eclipse.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

Either he’d been too focused on Nanuq to see the bay before, or they’d needed the Aurora Borealis to illuminate it.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz