Rare ‘polar rain’ aurora spotted from Earth for the first time

a person stands in the center of the image and looks up to a green band of light in the sky.

A remarkably smooth and confusing Christmas day Aurora The 2022 Arctic meteorological observation was the result of a ‘rain storm’ of electrons directly from the sunsay researchers from Japan and the US. It is the first time that a rare aurora of this kind has been observed from the ground, and it happened at a … Read more

Mystery of huge aurora in the polar sky in December 2022 solved by astronomers

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Optical and particle observations by the DMSP satellites in both hemispheres. (A) UV image of the SSUSI on board the DMSP F17 satellite in the Northern Hemisphere (B) UV image of the SSUSI on board the DMSP F17 satellite in … Read more

Earth’s changing, irregular magnetic field is causing headaches for polar navigation

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! Changes in Earth’s global magnetic field over six months in 2014, measured by the European Space Agency’s three-satellite swarm constellation. The left map shows the average magnetic field and the right shows changes in magnetic field strength over that period. Credit: European … Read more