New near Earth space weather cause found

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University`s Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., and the Air Force Research Laboratory in Massachusetts, say the aurora and other near-Earth space weather are driven by the rate at which the Earth`s and sun`s magnetic fields connect, or merge.

The researchers say that merging occurs between the Earth and sun, approximately 40,000 miles above the planet`s surface and appears fundamental to the circulation of particles and magnetic fields throughout near-Earth space.

New near Earth space weather cause found