eli5 can someone explain what causes Northern Lights!
In: Physics
The sun is constantly ejecting material through the galaxy; we call this the solar winds.
When the stuff hits earths atmosphere; the particles smash into stuff in the earths atmosphere; becoming charged. The charge disappears and the sun stuff glows
The discharge from the sun is drawn towards the magnetic poles of earth; which is why we only see them (normally) near the north and south poles
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