NASA Launchpad: Aurora Lights

What are the lights in the sky at the North and South Poles called?

• Rainbows and Halos

• Solar Flares and Lunar Eclipses

• Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis

• Comets and Meteors

Who named the Northern Lights 'Aurora Borealis'?

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Nikola Tesla

• Isaac Newton

What protects Earth from harmful solar winds?

• The moon

• The atmosphere

• The ozone layer

• Earth's magnetosphere

What mission did NASA launch to study substorms?

• Hubble

• Themis

• Voyager

• Apollo

What can intense substorms interfere with?

• Animal migration

• GPS and radio signals

• Ocean currents

• Weather patterns