- Are Auroral Sounds A Real Physical Effect? [IA][Direct] -
Article by scientist Colin Keay for IPS Radio & Space Services.
- Aurora [IA][Direct] -
Chapter from a college course online textbook.
- Aurora! [IA][Direct] -
Article presents general information and photography tips.
- Auroral Activity Extrapolated from NOAA POES [IA][Direct] -
Plots showing the current extent and position of the auroral oval at each pole, extrapolated from measurements taken during the most recent polar pass of the NOAA POES satellite.
- Auroral Particles and Imagery Group - Johns Hopkins University [IA][Direct]
- Auroral Sounds [IA][Direct] -
Explores the controversial crackling, rustling, and swishing sounds that are sometimes observed or reported in connection with aurora.
- Aurora Project 95-96 [IA][Direct] -
A thorough overview of the phenomenon.
- Auroras 2000.com [IA][Direct] -
The Exploratorium provides a guide for the Northern and Southern Lights with news, NASA images, forecasts, photographs, and background on the aurora borealis and aurora australis.
- Auroras: Lights in the Sky [IA][Direct] -
Answers to commonly asked questions.
- Auroras: Paintings in the Sky [IA][Direct] -
This site will show you what auroras look like from space and on Earth, explain how they are created, and show you where they can be found.
- Institute for Space Research - University of Calgary (Canada) [IA][Direct] -
Ground-based and space-born measurements of the aurora and upper atmosphere.
- Let's Make an Aurora [IA][Direct] -
You can make an aurora yourself, using only an electrical power source, a magnet, and a vacuum pump.
- Ultraviolet Imager (UVI) [IA][Direct] -
A camera in Earth orbit which conducts observations of the polar aurora in the far ultraviolet wavelengths and helps quantify the overall effects of solar energy input to the Earth's polar regions.
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