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Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet - The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet - The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

Update: 2025-11-25
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Astrophotographers have had another great month, with the aurora australis lighting up night skies as far north as southern Queensland.

And while you might've heard that the best of this bunch of auroras is behind us, don't put your camera away just yet. There's good reason to think the southern lights will illuminate the sky well into 2026.

It all depends on what the Sun shoots in our direction … and we might find ourselves in the firing line more often over the next few months.

Featuring:

Brett Carter, space weather researcher at RMIT University

More information:

The Sun Reversed Its Decades-long Weakening Trend in 2008

When the southern lights are seen further north

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Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet - The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet - The Science Show - Separate stories podcast