Aurora Borealis Earth's Magnetic Field 

EARTH’S MAGNETIC NORTH POLE IS RACING TOWARDS SIBERIA. WILL THIS SHIFT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS?

NEWSWEEK The shifting of the earth’s magnetic poles will leave civilization more vulnerable to the coming changes in our sun. Like most planets in our solar system, the Earth has its own magnetic field. Thanks to its largely molten iron core, our planet is, in fact, a bit like a bar magnet. It has a north and south magnetic pole, separate from the geographic poles, with a field connecting the two. This field protects our planet from radiation and is responsible for creating the northern and southern lights—spectacular events that…

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Aurora Borealis Featured 

Aurora Borealis Could Appear on New Years Eve

This year has been definitely full of astronomical surprises. Besides all sorts of discoveries scientists have made, we were also able to see a ‘supermoon’ in September as well as a full moon on Christmas night. And now, to top it all off and finish the year with a bang, the night sky on New Year’s Eve is expected to offer us a light show. According to NASA on the 28th a sunspot cluster erupted. The eruption lead to an M-class flare heading towards the Earth. Given the extreme UV…

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