New types of polar lights are upending what we know about the aurora. Amateur scientists ...
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The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) in the sky in Ivalo, Lapland, Finland September 27, 2019. Alexander Kuznetsov/Reuters Scientists, amateur aurora-hunters, and a NASA intern have discovered fascinating new types of aurora in recent years. One new type of aurora revealed curls in Earth`s upper atmosphere, and another pointed to a strange magnetic crunch in space. New observations of Jupiter`s aurorae have also raised questions about the nature of these lights. Visit Business Insider`s homepage for more stories. The colorful lights that dance across polar skies create beautiful displays, but they also reveal mysteries about how planets, space, and the sun interact. Though humans have been...