Mysterious New Lights Detected in the Northern Sky

🌌 Recently, scientists have detected strange new lights in the northern sky — and they don’t fully understand what’s causing them. At first glance, they might look like auroras, but these lights behave differently. They flicker, stretch, and even appear in areas where auroras aren’t usually seen. Some researchers think they could be linked to unusual solar activity, while others suspect new atmospheric phenomena we’ve never recorded before.

Credits: Solar Cycle 25: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Global Science and Technology, Inc./Tom Bridgman, eMITS/Joy Ng, ADNET Systems, Inc./Laurence Schuler, ADNET Systems, Inc./Ian Jones - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5344, https://short-url.org/1gvyW
Solar Maximum: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - eMITS/Beth Anthony - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14685, https://short-url.org/1bQgJ
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Neowise, Aurora February: By Rocky Raybell - https://flic.kr/p/2jmh8MR, https://short-url.org/1bQgO; https://flic.kr/p/2ojbUXj, https://short-url.org/1gvzb
SAR arc and aurora: By Mike Lewinski - https://short-url.org/1gvAe https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/:
Aurora Borealis I: By Arctic light - Frank Olsen, https://short-url.org/1gvzt; CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0:
Multicolored aurora borealis: By W.carter, https://short-url.org/1bQkc
Northern Lights timelapse: By KristianPikner, https://short-url.org/1gvC8
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Northern Lights meet sunset: By Markus Trienke - https://flic.kr/p/rup1Yt, https://short-url.org/1gvCf
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Northern Lights: By Chursaev13, https://short-url.org/1gvCM; Aurora with STEVE: By Phiteros, https://short-url.org/1gvAl; Kitt Peak National Observatory: By NOIRLab/NSF/AURA - https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-00343, https://short-url.org/1gvCn
Aurora Australis: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Global Science and Technology, Inc./Marit Jentoft-Nilsen - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31281, https://short-url.org/1bQhr; Aurora Named STEVE: By NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/H3ttMY, https://short-url.org/1bQip
NASA Spacecraft Uncover Mystery. By NASA Goddard / YouTube, https://short-url.org/1gvAM;
Third Global Energy Field 1, 2: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Lacey Young, Telophase/Miles S. Hatfield, ADNET Systems, Inc./Rachel Lense, Catholic University of America/Glyn Collinson, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Krystofer Kim, ARES Corporation/Wes Buchanan - https://short-url.org/1gvzZ; https://short-url.org/1bQhO
TRACERS Science Animations: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - eMITS/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, ARES Corporation/Wes Buchanan, ADNET Systems, Inc./Aaron E. Lepsch, eMITS/Lacey Young, eMITS/Joy Ng, NASA/Hyunju Connor - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20404, https://short-url.org/1gvAz
NASA's Illuminate Series: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - “Clair De Lune Lofi” by Claude Debussy [DP], Sol Terrae [PRS] via Universal Production Music. Aurora imagery provided by: Neil Zeller Photography, used with permission. Additional graphics - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14779; https://short-url.org/1bQii
New Magnetic Process: By NASA Goddard / YouTube, https://short-url.org/1bQix;
Geomagnetic Storm: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - SSAI/Andrew J Christensen, Global Science and Technology, Inc./Tom Bridgman, ADNET Systems, Inc./Laurence Schuler, ADNET Systems, Inc./Ian Jones, Johns Hopkins University/APL/Slava Merkin, Johns Hopkins University/APL/Eric L. Winter - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5193, https://short-url.org/1gvAZ
Large Geomagnetic Storm: By NOAA - https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ne....ws/large-geomagnetic https://short-url.org/1gvB8
What is Plasma: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Beth Anthony, Wyle Information Systems/Mara Johnson-Groh, ADNET Systems, Inc./Genna Duberstein - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14299, https://short-url.org/1bQiS
Faint Young Star Paradox: By NASA Goddard / YouTube, https://short-url.org/1gvBm
Solar Maximum Period: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - eMITS/Beth Anthony, ADNET Systems, Inc./Abbey A. Interrante, SGT/Sarah Frazier - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14683, https://short-url.org/1gvBy
Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Beth Anthony - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14542, https://short-url.org/1gvBC
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