A photograph of the blue aurora taken in Noto, Japan in May 2024. (Takuya Usami) "Our findings suggest that nitrogen molecular ions may have accelerated upward by some mechanism and were ...

But their explanation creates another problem that atmospheric scientists will need to solve. A photograph of the blue aurora taken in Noto, Japan in May 2024. (Takuya Usami) "Our findings suggest ...

"Our findings suggest that nitrogen molecular ions may have accelerated upward by some mechanism and were responsible for the formation of the blue-dominant aurora," Shiokawa explains. "To date, it is ...