Aug 23, 2018 03:41 PM
https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/scient...in-the-sky
EXCERPT: Those of us who follow science news had a good chuckle when news broke a while back about a mysterious sky phenomenon appearing in auroral and sub-auroral regions dubbed “Steve.” Well, “Steve” is actually “STEVE,” standing for “Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement,” and it’s no joke. What it is, on the other hand, is unknown. [...] The initial assumption was that STEVE was some flavor of aurora borealis, but a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters — the first serious examination at STEVE — finds that it’s not. Lead scientist of the new study Bea Gallardo-Lacourt says, “Our main conclusion is that STEVE is not an aurora. So right now, we know very little about it. And that’s the cool thing, because this has been known by photographers for decades. But for the scientists, it’s completely unknown.” She and her colleagues refer to the phenomenon as a “sky glow.”...
MORE: https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/scient...in-the-sky
EXCERPT: Those of us who follow science news had a good chuckle when news broke a while back about a mysterious sky phenomenon appearing in auroral and sub-auroral regions dubbed “Steve.” Well, “Steve” is actually “STEVE,” standing for “Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement,” and it’s no joke. What it is, on the other hand, is unknown. [...] The initial assumption was that STEVE was some flavor of aurora borealis, but a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters — the first serious examination at STEVE — finds that it’s not. Lead scientist of the new study Bea Gallardo-Lacourt says, “Our main conclusion is that STEVE is not an aurora. So right now, we know very little about it. And that’s the cool thing, because this has been known by photographers for decades. But for the scientists, it’s completely unknown.” She and her colleagues refer to the phenomenon as a “sky glow.”...
MORE: https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/scient...in-the-sky