Aurora - Wikipedia Auroras are the result of disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by enhanced speeds of solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma
Aurora Dashboard (Experimental) | NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction . . . This page provides a prediction of the aurora’s visibility tonight and tomorrow night in the charts below The animations further down show what the aurora’s been up to over the last 24 hours and estimates what the next 30 minutes will be like
Auroras - NASA Science Auroras are vibrant light displays created when energetic particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere These events, also seen on other planets like Saturn and Jupiter, result in a range of colors depending on altitude and the atmospheric gases involved
Aurora - National Geographic Society Auroras are visible almost every night near the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, which are about 66 5 degrees north and south of the Equator In the north, the display is called aurora borealis, or northern lights