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Smile mission releases first ultraviolet footage of auroral substorm
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The European-Chinese Smile mission has released its first images from its ultraviolet camera, capturing an auroral substorm. The footage shows the full ring of northern lights around Earth's polar region, making Smile the first spacecraft since 2008 to view the complete auroral oval in ultraviolet light. Scientists welcomed the images as a significant step for the joint ESA and Chinese Academy of Sciences solar-terrestrial physics mission.
Why now: The first scientific images from a newly operational mission are always newsworthy, and these show a rare full view of the auroral oval not seen since 2008.
Smile missionEuropean Space AgencyChinese Academy of Sciencesaurora borealis
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