

Energy Source of Northern Lights Found (AP)


Just when we think we know everything about energy…

The northern lights are powered by the sun, as it turns out, but not by sunlight. New data from NASA’s Themis satellites found the energy comes from a stream of charged particles flowing like a current through twisted bundles of magnetic fields connecting Earth’s upper atmosphere to the sun.

Energy source of northern lights found” describes the discovery.


To scientists’ surprise, the geomagnetic storm powering the auroras raced 400 miles in a minute across the sky. Angelopoulos estimated the storm’s power was equal to the energy released by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake.

Ah, the wonders of fusion.

Categories: Renewables
Denis Du Bois

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