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aurora

[uh-rawr-uh, uh-rohr-uh] / əˈrɔr ə, əˈroʊr ə /
NOUN
atmopheric phenomenon
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This colour is associated with fast, active nights of aurora activity.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Red aurora tends to appear during particularly powerful geomagnetic storms, when the solar wind is strong enough to push particles to extreme heights.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The two rockets launched side by side into the same aurora, each traveling along a slightly different path.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

The result is a large-scale CT style scan of the aurora.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

A stream of dancing lights, for all the world like the shimmering curtains of the aurora, blazed across the screen.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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