Aurora Borealis
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Aurora Borealis, as the green lights dancing across the sky are known formally, are caused by charged sun particles interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field, which is most intense at the poles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Space weather: The Aurora Borealis and much more.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
Here are images of the Aurora Borealis from across the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
Plasma can be observed in the natural world in the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, and the Sun's corona during the recent solar eclipse.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024
It was dark now, and the winter sky was alive with the twisting, dancing, ghostly green lights of the Aurora Borealis.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
