Cluster takes first look at acceleration processes driving aurora
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 17:14
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the Cluster spacecraft, scientists from University College London (UCL) have made the first direct observations of charged particles that lead to some of the brightest aurora. Dr Colin Forsyth presented the results at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting (NAM2010) in Glasgow.