A natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions. Auroras are caused by charged particles from the solar wind interacting with atmospheric gases, guided by Earth's magnetic field. The aurora borealis and aurora australis are the two types.
A continuous stream of charged particles from the Sun's corona at 300-800 km/s. It shapes planetary magnetospheres, driv...
The region of space surrounding a planet dominated by its magnetic field. Earth's magnetosphere extends tens of thousand...
A sudden, intense burst of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun near sunspots. Releases energy equivalent to millions ...
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