aurora
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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
Eruptions from the Sun's surface sending energy towards Earth are now starting to decline, meaning fewer potential sightings of the aurora borealis.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
When the aurora lights up the night sky, it is powered by electrons streaming down from space into Earth's upper atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
The result is a large-scale CT style scan of the aurora.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
And there it was again: the spangled ring, his personal aurora.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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