Meet Steve, a New Kind of Aurora Borealis

Meet Steve, or Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. It’s a new kind of aurora spotted over the skies of Canada, characterized by purple arches and green features—two elements that have never been seen before. Happy belated Pi Day! Scientists use pi, 3.141592653589793238… and so on to infinity, to figure out how circular a crater is, …

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