Tag: Solar wind
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Finnish stargazers discover completely new Northern Lights phenomenon
Conventional auroras are caused by electrons in the solar wind, but the newly discovered phenomenon stems from protons, which are much heavier.
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It’s going to be a beautiful aurora night
As reported by mbl.is, clear skies and a strong solar wind are set to bring dazzling auroras over Iceland tonight. In a press release published today, Sævar Helgi Bragason, an educator and science communicator (editor of an astronomy website), predicts that the midnight lights will be enjoyed tonight. Sævar directs those interested to Icelandic […]…
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Finnair’s pilot flies off course to show passengers the northern lights
The strong solar winds this week have offered opportunities to see a colorful spectacle in places in the south all the way to Helsinki.
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Exploration of Jupiter’s moon Europa is now possible
Professor John D. Cressler The Regents’ School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and its students have been working with silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBT) for decades and have discovered that they have unique advantages in extreme environments like Europa. “Because of the manufacturing process, these devices can survive extreme conditions without making any…
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The northern lights will mark this weekend in different parts of Finland
The solar wind will intensify during the weekend and as a result there will be a lot of aurora borealis, possibly also in the sky of southern Finland.
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Studies show how Mars lost its ocean
Researchers at the University of Tokyo re-created the conditions expected in the core of Mars billions of years ago and found that the behavior of the molten metal present was likely to cause a short magnetic field that was to be lost. Whether it’s from the scientific literature or the fact that we can see…
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The auroral season is considered open
As reported by mbl.is, on Tuesday evening you could admire the spectacular show of the lights of the midnight. Morgunblaðið reporter Hafþór Hreiðarsson, while in Húsavík, took some great photos of the aurora illuminating Skálfandi Bay. This week, the aurora also appeared in the skies over Reykjavik, but its dance only lasted a few minutes…
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Illuminate the darkness …
In countries far to the north, the Christmas season is a time of long dark hours. Even if the sun is visible above the horizon, it does not rise very high. This is also the case in Iceland. Here, in winter, Christmas trees, whole houses, housing estates and even cities are decorated with lights. Aurora…