NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights

Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/jul/HQ_08185_THEMIS.html

Time: 24. Jul. 2008

Feed: NASA Breaking News

Topics: lights, nasa, northern, satellites