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Scientists discover the energy source driving the Northern Lights;
The mystery of what causes the Northern Lights, one of Nature's most spectacular displays, to shimmer so brightly has been solved. New data from a fleet of Nasa satellites shows the lights -also known as the aurora borealis - are formed when solar particles are whisked along temporary "magnetic ropes" linking the Sun to the Earth at astonishing spin what is called a substorm.
北極の空のトナカイさんをまちわびるウヴな時代がなつかしい頃合になりました。
池澤 夏樹の「スティル・ライフ」では地球に降り注ぐ宇宙線など彼が専攻した物理学の世界がいい味つけだったけど。このたびNASA経由でオーロラを操る謎のチカラが明らかになったというニュース。くわしくはまた。
