Montana State University Leads Project to Study Mysterious Relative of the Aurora
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
BOZEMAN, Montana, June 20 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Montana State University issued the following news:
When the shimmering hues of the aurora dance in the night sky, they illuminate for scientists a complex phenomenon: light is emitted when charged particles, ejected by the multimillion-degree surface of the sun, interact with Earth's magnetic field and collide with atoms in the atmosphere.
"Every time we look at the aurora on finer scales, we see new structures, ne . . .
When the shimmering hues of the aurora dance in the night sky, they illuminate for scientists a complex phenomenon: light is emitted when charged particles, ejected by the multimillion-degree surface of the sun, interact with Earth's magnetic field and collide with atoms in the atmosphere.
"Every time we look at the aurora on finer scales, we see new structures, ne . . .