Sunday, August 8, 2010

Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (August auroras edition)

by Neon Vincent

Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment.

This week's featured story comes from Spaceweather.com.

Aurora Photo Gallery August 2010

Summary: Solar activity continues to increase after a two-year solar minimum that ranks among the century's deepest. The return of sunspots and a resurgent solar wind is good news for aurora watchers, who are seeing some of the best displays since ~2006.

More science, space, and environment stories after the jump.



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