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NASA’s THEMIS mission solved aurora mysteries – Tech Explorist
NASA’s Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms—THEMIS—mission have provided the first strong evidence of the events in space that lead to the appearance of these beads, and demonstrated the important role they play in our near spac…
An aurora is a colorful light show in the sky caused by the Sun. Auroras happen when particles from the Sun interact with gases in our atmosphere, causing beautiful displays of light in the sky.
A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky, helps scientists better understand the science of auroras and their powerful drivers out in space. Known as auroral beads, these lights regularly appear not long before large auroral displays caused by electrical storms in space called sub…
