Please note that this is a legacy post and links may be outdated. On October 24, 2011, a geomagnetic storm raged across Europe and the United States and caught scientists by surprise. Arrival time forecasts were off by eight hours, predicted a much weaker storm, and did not anticipate the visible red aurora emission. The… Read More »Twitter – a forecasting tool for space weather?
By Gareth Dorrian Auroras paint Earth’s sky with streaks of greens, reds, and blues— but Earth isn’t the only planet to experience this surreal luminous spectacle. Scientists have observed auroras around other planets in our solar system. Although we do not have any extra-terrestrial based Aurorasaurus users to send us their photographs, we are still… Read More »Are There Auroras On Other Planets?
The world’s largest annual gathering of space and Earth scientists just occurred. What? That wasn’t on your calendar? Really? Well okay then, lucky for you, some of the Aurorasaurus team members attended! Here’s a quick recap some of the latest space weather news unleashed at this Comic Con for space and Earth scientists. (Spoiler alert:… Read More »AGU Fall Meeting: Comic Con for Space and Earth Scientists
Hello, aurora enthusiasts! If you missed our Google hangout on Wednesday December 10, 2014 at 3pm EST, we have posted the hangout below for you to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWk80wLihBE On our first Google hangout, we gave a brief overview of what an aurora is, why we collect the data from you, and present some observations of… Read More »Become An Aurora Hunter! (Google Hangout recap)
As you use Aurorasaurus, you will see many tweets of beautiful aurora pictures. But you’re going to have to ask yourself—is this report a real-time aurora observation or another pretty picture? The answer is not always clear. Aurorasaurus aims to capture information about aurora in real-time. While we always love to see beautiful aurora pictures,… Read More »Tweet Verification 101: Was that a real-time aurora observation or another pretty picture?
Image of the partial solar eclipse taken on October 23, 2014 by Peter Batty/Flickr If you’ve been looking at the news recently, you may have read about a supersized sunspot which is still just about visible on the solar surface. The sunspot, named AR2192, is so huge that it was visible to the “naked eye” during the partial solar eclipse last… Read More »Why Were There Not More Widespread Auroras This Past Week?
Please note that this is a legacy post and links may be outdated. We are excited to share our new website with you! What can you do here? Register to receive email notifications when the aurora is observed near your location Be a citizen scientist and earn points when you report your sightings of aurora and help find identify sightings reported by… Read More »Welcome to Aurorasaurus!