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Daily Archives: March 13, 2022

20th March Zoom Lecture: Northern Lights – The Science, Myth and Wonder of the Aurora Borealis

NewsBy Martin KennedyMarch 13, 2022

The Aurora Borealis (also known as Northern Lights) are magical and inspirational phenomena that grace the Northern night skies. What are they and how can you go hunting for them successfully? Aurorae are now very well understood by physicists around the world but for thousands of years and for many communities, they played a part…

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