The Aurora Named STEVE (VIDEO)
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For the first time, scientists have ground and satellite views of STEVE (short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement), a thin purple ribbon of light. 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. Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12865
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein
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