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"Space Tornadoes" Power the Northern Lights

Posted April 29, 2009 10:16 AM

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Thanks to a quintet of satellites and a backup posse of ground-based telescopes, researchers have gotten their best look ever at how auroras-also known as the southern and northern lights-begin to form in space. The dazzling light displays are provoked by "space tornadoes," researchers say.

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04/29/2009 4:28 PM

"Experts say the next period of maximum solar activity — due around 2012 — could bring a level of storminess not seen in many decades."

It's an interesting coincidence that 2012 is also the end of time according to the Aztec (or is it Mayan?) calandar.

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04/29/2009 9:44 PM

Well look at it this way . Either the Mayans are right or they're wrong . If they're wrong, then there's nothing to worry about . If they're right, we'll all be dead anyway . Either way, why worry about it since there's nothing anyone can do about it anyway .

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04/29/2009 10:27 PM

No worries mate. I know where I stand. Just noting the coincidince.

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