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Aurora Mystery Solved?

A longstanding mystery about the origin of the energetic particles that cause Earth’s dramatic aurora displays may have been solved.

The electrons responsible for the auroras — also known as the northern and southern lights — are likely accelerated to incredible speeds in an active region of Earth’s magnetosphere, according to a new study. This region is 1,000 times larger than scientists had thought possible, providing enough volume to generate lots of the fast-moving electrons.

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