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Astronaut captures out-of-this-world light show over Earth
By Dean Murray An astronaut has captured a Close Encounters-style light show over Earth. NASA spaceman Don Pettit shot ...
NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)
The sounding rockets released vapor tracers and pressure sensors at different altitudes across central and northern Alaska ...
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‘Ghostly pyramid of light’: Could ancient universal dust illuminate Kentucky skies?
On nights with little to no ambient light from the moon, a ghostly glow shaped like a hazy pyramid of light can be seen for a ...
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Surprising 'shapes' discovered near Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Jupiter’s striking size, swirling gases, and dramatic bands in its atmosphere set it apart from every other planet. One of ...
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Auroras captured on Neptune for the first time, thanks to the Webb Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.
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As spring equinox nears, look for the northern lights: We explain why
creating an increased chance of seeing the colorful auroras in the Earth's upper atmosphere. According to Shannon Schmoll, director of the Abrams Planetarium recently told CNET, in the winter and ...
Neptune delights scientists with a stunning light show in its atmosphere
Neptune often looks slightly different in observations, as it has dark spots which appear periodically. But it can also be bright at times, as the observations of auroras there show: In the image ...
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NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)
Two NASA rockets launched into auroras over Alaska last week to study the impact that these geomagnetic light shows have on Earth's upper atmosphere, and the results were gorgeous. The experiment ...