Aurora Borealis: The Physics of the Northern Lights
The northern lights are made by the Sun, the Earth's magnetic field, and the gases ninety miles overhead. How charged particles, magnetic reconnection, and quantum transitions in oxygen and nitrogen produce one of the night sky's most beautiful phenomena.
April 29, 2026
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