NASA High School Interns Design a STEVE Satellite
NASA SEES summer intern Anna MacLennan reflects on her experience on the Earth From Space Aerospace Engineering team designing a satellite and creating experiments to study STEVE.
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It Takes a Community to Raise Aurorasaurus: Gratitude and Retrospective
Over the past decade, Aurorasaurus has grown from a persistent idea in the mind of Dr. Liz MacDonald to a worldwide initiative that has contributed research and discoveries to aurora science. At its heart, Aurorasaurus is a community effort, only possible through the contributions of thousands of citizen scientists, scientific experts, team members and volunteers.… Read More »It Takes a Community to Raise Aurorasaurus: Gratitude and Retrospective
An Interview with Jordan: STEVE Science Fair Winner
Jordan, an 8th grade student from Calgary, recently won the Rideau Park Science Fair with her poster on the new STEVE phenomena. Jordan tells Aurorasaurus more about her project and interest in aurora in this Q&A article. Read through to the end for some questions she asked Dr. Liz MacDonald, Aurorasaurus founder, also!
Mystery of Purple Lights in Sky Solved With Help From Citizen Scientists
For the first time, scientists had ground and satellite views of Steve. Scientists have now learned, despite its ordinary name, that Steve may be an extraordinary puzzle piece in painting a better picture of how Earth’s magnetic fields function and interact with charged particles in space. The findings are published in a study released today in Science Advances.
7 Things to Know about “STEVE”
There’s a new dancing light display in the sky, and it’s not the usual aurora. We call it “STEVE” and need your help to learn more!
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