A rare blue aurora over Japan stretched all the way to space. Now scientists think they know why
On the night of May 10 to 11, particles from a series of massive eruptions on the Sun reached Earth and caused a geomagnetic ...
Mysterious Blue Aurora Hints at Unknown Atmospheric Processes
Green and red auroras, for example, are generated by oxygen atoms losing energy at different altitudes. Nitrogen atoms can ...
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Researchers use data from citizen scientists to uncover the mysteries of a blue low-latitude aurora
On May 11, 2024, a rare blue-dominant aurora was seen in Japan. These auroras, captured in videos and images by the public, ...
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Mysterious Blue Aurora in Japan Challenges Scientists’ Understanding of Earth’s Atmosphere
While auroras are traditionally seen in green or red hues, especially in regions near the Arctic and Antarctic, the ...
Mysterious Blue and Pink Auroras Over Japan Challenge Scientific Understanding
Japan recently witnessed unusual auroral activity with the appearance of salmon pink and blue-dominant auroras, resulting ...
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Aurora Girls Basketball seals twenty point victory over Blue Springs South in Lady Eagle Classic Championship
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Mysterious Blue Aurora Hints at Unknown Atmospheric Processes
A photograph of the blue aurora taken in Noto, Japan in May 2024. (Takuya Usami) "Our findings suggest that nitrogen molecular ions may have accelerated upward by some mechanism and were ...
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A rare blue aurora over Japan stretched all the way to space. Now scientists think they know why
They published their findings in the journal Earth, Planets and Space. The blue aurora was located at an altitude of 400 to 900 kilometers, surpassing even the orbit of the International Space ...