NASA Is About to Blast Two Rockets Into the Northern Light
NASA plans to send two rockets over a hundred miles above Earth,
Each timed perfectly to punch through one of nature's most extraordinary works of art: the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis.
Though we know quite a bit about light shows like these, such as their characteristic neon green luminescence and their abundance near the poles
Rocket one, the team says, will release vapor tracers -- similar to colorful chemicals that are used in fireworks -- to track how winds near the aurora are traveling.
Then the second rocket will measure temperature and density of the plasma in the aurora's vicinity.
In a few days, we might be able to cross yet another problem off the unending list of physics puzzles.