Shownotes

• Auroras – Michigan Tech
• Auroras – Exploratorium
• Aurora FAQ's – University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geophysical Institute
• Earth's magnetic field – GSU
• Earth as a bar magnet — Windows to the Universe
• How Mass Spectrometry works — HowStuffWorks
• Atomic oxygen — Single oxygen atoms as compared to oxygen molecules (two oxygen atoms) found in air. Atomic oxygen is found in the upper atmosphere where it has been created by solar radiation. It is extremely reactive and corrodes must materials radidly.
• Molecular hydrogen is found in the interstellar medium where it is generated by ionization of molecular hydrogen from cosmic rays. It has also been observed in the upper atmosphere of the planet Jupiter.
• Molecular oxygen is a molecule that is composed of two oxygen atoms that has no color, odor, or taste. It is present in both the atmosphere and the oceans, and solar radiation with wavelengths less than 242 nm can break it back into oxygen atoms. One of these oxygen radicals in turn can combine with O2 to form ozone.
• Different colors are produced by different atoms and molecules — University of Alaska
• Aurora seen from space — Environmental Graffiti
• Aurora on Jupiter — APOD
• Jupiter's Aurora Helped by Io — Universe Today
• Aurora on Saturn — HubbleSite
• Infrared Aurora on Saturn – Universe Today
• Coronal Mass Ejections — SWRI
• Sunspots – Exploratorium
• SpaceWeather.com
• Auroras in the 1800's affecting telegraph communication
• The current deep solar minimum — Science@NASA
• Upcoming Solar Maximum — Universe Today
• STEREO mission
• 3-D movies of Sun from STEREO