auroral

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The aurora is always present around the North and South Poles - this is known as the auroral ring.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

Called the Carrington Event, it triggered intense auroral light shows and knocked out telegraph lines across the globe.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

Both Jupiter and Saturn have active moons that occasionally eject material into space, interact with the planets, and enhance the auroral footprint on those worlds.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

For isolated brown dwarfs like W1935, the absence of a stellar wind to contribute to the auroral process and explain the extra energy in the upper atmosphere required for the methane emission is a mystery.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

A broad white gleam of auroral light was in the north, above it the sky was of a strange sea-green hue.

From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon