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Aurorasaurus is a participatory science project that combines your real-time citizen science reports with space weather forecasts to help you see the Northern and Southern Lights

Aurora oval and recent sightings

A live snapshot of the aurora oval and recent sightings, updated every 30 minutes.

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2026-09-25

An AUsome Distance

The AU ribbon is a classroom-sized model of the distance between the Earth and Sun that can be used for demonstrations and activities in classroom and informal education environments, with students middle school age and up. It can also serve …

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