aurora
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Historical records from China also described a red aurora visible at unusually low latitudes during that same period.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
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
A red aurora is rarer and harder to catch than green, but spectacular when it appears.
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
Miyax stepped into the light of the aurora.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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