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A composite image shows a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) and the Milky Way at Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
This composite image shows a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) and the Milky Way at Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

Krista Trinder/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Did you see an aurora?
  • Think again.
  • It might have been a night sky phenomenon called a "Steve."

Brilliant auroral displays are happening more and more frequently as the sun reaches its 11-year peak in solar activity — but some of the lights you see might not be auroras at all.

They might be "Steve."

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Science, Space, speed-desk, aurora, auroras, steve
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