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Cause of Aurora Borealis Confirmed
An anonymous reader writes "There are reports that satellites have aided scientists in confirming why the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) exists. 'New data from NASA's Themis mission, a quintet of satellites launched this winter, found the energy comes from a stream of charged particles from the sun flowing like a current through twisted bundles of magnetic fields connecting Earth's upper atmosphere to the sun. The energy is then abruptly released in the form of a shimmering display of lights.'"
I'm sure the electric universe guys will have a field day with this...
I thought it was already well established that the aurora was caused by Santa's reindeer throwing up.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
Some days I just get bored and Troll post all the memes I can think of...
Sincerely,
Billy Widget, Age 8, Cleveland Ohio
P.S. I bet you're going to tell me next that there is no Easter Bunny, storks don't deliver babies, and Microsoft sells flawless software. I'm not THAT dumb.
There are reports that satellites have aided scientists in confirming why the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) exists. 'New data from NASA's Themis mission, a quintet of satellites launched this winter, found the energy comes from a stream of charged particles from the sun flowing like a current through twisted bundles of magnetic fields connecting Earth's upper atmosphere to the sun.
That's not true at all. It happens when you're cooking steamed hams, and your kitchen catches on fire.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
What about the "Intelligent Twinkling" explanation? Scientists seem completely unwilling to even CONSIDER this possibility!
We still know what we already knew. Tonight I can finally sleep easy!
It's Dust.
Where's MY Panserbjørne?
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Why yes, I suppose it would be.
Did you ever stop to think that, maybe, Santa made the Sun? When Santa and the Y'ter Bunny (having returned to Santa seeking guidance from its "creator") merged consciousnesses and ascended to a higher plane of existence?
As for your other assertions, I'll leave you with this: weiners make more than just pee-pee; Microsoft, on the other hand, doesn't.
One man's constant is another man's variable.
"flowing like a current through twisted bundles of magnetic fields"
Aren't those the lyrics to some 90s trance song?
To sum up the whole story, the
universe is incredibly fascinating.
It's hard to believe all of this stuff
could possibly be made of of chance.
A magnetic rope, wow.
Ooh, yeesh... buddy, hate to be the one to break it to you... "science" class got cut from your kids' school's budget back about... well, about two or three years after the Beijing Wall came down and Germany finally gave up Communalism in favor of Christianity...
Yeah, I know, bummer.
Would it make you feel better to know that, once a week, we show the kids our HD-DVDs of "Smarter Than A 5th Grader - Season 1"? We feel that seeing another child succeed on television helps develop a child's positive self-image. An incredibly handy attribute when you're standing in the unemployment line.
One man's constant is another man's variable.
I thought it was Dust...
The Farewell Tour II
We're so smart, it took us, oh...
:)
"millions" of years to figure this
out. Hmmm, if you figure that
the earth has been around for
6,000 years, that actually puts
us in a better "light" -- we must
be pretty stupid. I wonder how
much longer it will take to figure
out that it's impossible to throw
a boat-load of random plane
parts on a tarmark, come back
5 billion years later and find out
"It's A Plane!!!!!!" Om my goodness!
Even video gamers realize you have
to program a game before you can
have fun playing it.