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  1. Jul 8, 2024 · As such, nobody knew what the smooth, featureless aurora that turned the sky green over Christmas of 2022 was, until now. The full explanation can be found in the 21st June edition of the journal ...

  2. Aug 8, 2024 · After a decade-long search, scientists captured a type of elusive aurora on camera. by Javier Barbuzano 8 August 2024. A polar rain aurora lit up the Arctic sky on 24–25 December 2022. Credit ...

    • Javier Barbuzano
  3. Jun 21, 2024 · The light show gave scientists a unique glimpse of the elusive ‘polar rain aurora’, a rare shimmering phenomenon that forms when energetic electrons from ... But for 28 hours in December 2022, ...

  4. Jul 6, 2024 · On Christmas Day 2022, a highly peculiar aurora was seen over an enormous section of the Arctic sky, the likes of which have never previously been observed from the ground. Known as a polar rain ...

    • Benjamin Taub
  5. Jun 24, 2024 · On 25 December 2022, Norwegians woke up to a light dusting of snow and a downpour of extra-energetic electrons streaming straight from the Sun. When the solar wind died down, this “polar rain” caused a gigantic, diffuse green aurora that covered Earth’s entire northern polar cap—almost 4000 kilometers across, researchers reported last week in Science Advances .

  6. Jun 25, 2024 · As the solar wind dropped to a whisper for 28 hours in December 2022, scientists got the first-ever unimpeded view from Earth of the ‘polar rain aurora’. The rare phenomenon created a diffuse ...

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  8. Jun 21, 2024 · How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole. Scientists have identified the phenomenon as a polar rain aurora, never seen before from the ground. On December 25 and 26, 2022 ...

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