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Aurora's source found by string of satellites

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NASA's Themis mission finds the trigger for polar light show.

Five NASA satellites named after Themis, the Greek goddess of justice, have finally revealed the trigger behind the brilliant auroras that dance across the polar skies.

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  1. Angelopoulos, V. et al. Science doi: 10.1126/science.1160495 (2008).

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Dance, A. Aurora's source found by string of satellites. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.982

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