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This creates the stunning displays known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern lights, or aurora australis, in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The northern and southern lights can be triggered by geomagnetic storms, which are disruptions to the Earth's magnetic field caused by coronal mass ejections of solar plasma from the sun.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
This creates the stunning displays known as the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern lights, or Aurora Australis, in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
When the Sun is particularly active, these northern and southern lights become brighter and more intense, and can be seen farther from the poles.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1773, in the meaning defined above
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“Southern lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20lights. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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