NASA’s THEMIS Mission Brings Back Colliding Auroras

Now here's an awesome sight for you, folks--colliding auroras. You know auroras, right? Those big bands of electromagnetic hoo-ha that make all the pretty colors in the upper atmosphere?  Yeah, those!  Well, apparently, the crew out at UCLA discovered something that no one had caught before now--sometimes auroras smack into each other, making those startling effects.  ...

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