Aurora observations. Historical artwork of the aurora borealis, seen from HMS Daedalus in the northern Atlantic Ocean on 9 August 1849. Aurorae, displ

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Aurora observations. Historical artwork of the aurora borealis, seen from HMS Daedalus in the northern Atlantic Ocean on 9 August 1849. Aurorae, displays of coloured lights in the sky, form as charged particles in the solar wind are drawn by Earth's magnetic field to the poles. There, they collide with gas atoms and molecules, causing them to emit light. The Daedalus, a warship of the British Royal Navy, was launched in 1826.

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Photo credit: © ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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