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1. • • Perhaps most importantly, he’s actually not a person, but a stripe of purple light in the evening sky. And according to new research, it looks like he has a twin. The name STEVE is actually an acronym for “strong thermal emission velocity enhancement,” a technical term used to describe this brief purple-pink splash across the sky.
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   What is Steve?

   • Steve - or to give it its full name, Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement - is unpredictable and only lasts for a short time. Little is known about its formation and why it can sometimes appear during an aurora display.

   Rare Steve phenomenon and Northern Lights dazzle in UK skies

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   What is a Steve & how does it work?

   • STEVEs aren’t plaid-clad dudes with dreams of flight, but rather a celestial phenomenon that illuminates the sky with an enormous crescent of mauve light and an accompanying row of dashes of lime-green light. And STEVE isn’t a nickname for Steven, but rather Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.

   Scientists Demystify the Celestial Phenomenon Known as STEVE

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   Why does Steve appear during an aurora display?

   • Little was known about its formation and why it can sometimes appear during an aurora display. Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has been studying Steve using pictures from the ground along with satellites. While auroras happen globally in an oval shape, Steve appears as a ribbon and lasts for 20 minutes to an hour before disappearing.

   Northern Lights: What is Steve and why is it different to an aurora

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   Does Steve look like the Northern Lights?

   • UK sky-watchers on Monday night were treated to the rare phenomenon known as Steve. While Steve can look like the aurora and often appears during a showing of the Northern Lights, it is fundamentally different. Steve is a relatively new scientific discovery and last night was spotted in parts of Scotland and north-east England.

   Rare Steve phenomenon and Northern Lights dazzle in UK skies

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   What does Steve look like?

   • Visually, STEVE appears to be a mauve or magenta streak across the sky, whereas the aurora usually appears as green ribbons. Physically, STEVE is created by heated gas that glows, whereas the aurora is created by charged particles that glow. Why is STEVE rare? While we haven't seen very much of STEVE yet, it might not be as rare as you might think.

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   Why is Steve associated with Aurora?

   • STEVE is always associated with aurora in the auroral oval. It is because the aurora at higher latitudes sends energy to lower latitudes and powers STEVE. It typically occurs when aurora becomes particularly bright during geomagnetic storms.

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   Nov 6, 2023 · What is Steve? Little was known about its formation and why it can sometimes appear during an aurora display. Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has been studying Steve using pictures from...

   • Rare Steve phenomenon and Northern Lights dazzle in UK skies

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   Nov 6, 2023 · STEVE is a streak of purplish light in the night sky that's similar to an aurora. In fact, STEVE has only ever been observed in conjunction with an aurora. That's...

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   Oct 8, 2024 · Steve - or to give it its full name, Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement - is unpredictable and only lasts for a short time. Little is known about its formation and why it can...

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   Oct 8, 2024 · The phenomenon, called Steve, treated stargazers to purple and green light ribbons over parts of Scotland and north-east England, with one Skye distillery sharing stunning photos of the rare...

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   Jun 12, 2024 · STEVE = Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, and is a river of hot gas flowing east to west equatorward of the main aurora band. This is a tracked single image looking straight...

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   Nov 7, 2023 · Steve is a thin purple ribbon of light that looks very similar to an aurora, though technically is not one. It was given its name in 2016, following a US citizen science project funded...

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    Apr 30, 2019 · Rocky Raybell. Several times a year, around the border between the U.S. and Canada, STEVEs take to the sky. STEVEs aren’t plaid-clad dudes with dreams of flight, but rather a celestial phenomenon...