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aurora

[uh-rawr-uh, uh-rohr-uh] / əˈrɔr ə, əˈroʊr ə /
NOUN
atmopheric phenomenon
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Weather-permitting, and when conditions are right, the Highlands offers the chance to see the Milky Way and displays of the aurora borealis - the Northern Lights.

From BBC • May 28, 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 two rockets launched side by side into the same aurora, each traveling along a slightly different path.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

It was his aurora: it was telling him that he was still part of the great order of things, and that that could never change.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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