Guest Author • Dec 14, 2017 •
Living far from the equator can be a bit of a bummer – we miss out on that awesome high concentration of sunshine and long sunny days. Instead we crawl sadly into our damp Dunedin caves at 4pm when we lose the sun in winter. We brave the cold Antarctic winds and surf in what feels like a frozen margarita … Read More
Guest Author • Sep 08, 2017 •
By Alexa Halford, Dartmouth College; Brett Carter, RMIT University, and Julie Currie, RMIT University If you still have your solar viewing glasses from the eclipse, now is a good time to slap them on and look up at the sun. You’ll see two big dark areas visible on our star. These massive sunspots are … Read More
Guest Author • Apr 25, 2017 •
By Nathan Case, Lancaster University A collaboration between aurora-hunting citizen scientists and a team of professional researchers has resulted in the discovery of a completely new type of aurora. The finding was made possible thanks to photos taken by aurora enthusiasts from across the globe which scientists could then compare with data from satellites. The aurora, more … Read More
Gareth Renowden • Sep 30, 2011 •
If you watch nothing else today, take the time to look at this spectacular movie of an aurora australis taken by the International Space Station on September 17, and made available by NASA’s Earth Observatory a couple of days ago. Not really climate-related, unless you’re into solar/climate linkages, but posted because the images are spectacular. [...] … Read More
Shaun Hendy • Aug 26, 2010 •
Tonight I will be talking about the aurora on Bryan Crump’s radio show (Nights, Radio New Zealand National, 8.42pm, Thursday August 26th). I won’t spend much time here explaining the underlying physics of the effect, but take a look at the beautiful infographic posted by Peter Griffin. Now although I didn’t see any sign of the … Read More
Peter Griffin • Aug 12, 2010 •
Credit to Canada’s Winnipeg Sun for publishing the full page infographic below, which is a guide to the Northern Lights or aurora, which have been keeping sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere happy of late. Source: Winnipeg Sun … Read More