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  • noun astronomy A phenomenon in which a magnetotail becomes swollen and unstable.

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sub- +‎ storm

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  • THEMIS consists of five identical probes launched in 2006 to solve a long-standing mystery: Why do auroras occasionally erupt in an explosion of light called a substorm?

    Colliding Auroras Create Explosions | Universe Today 2009

  • THEMIS consists of five identical probes launched in 2006 to solve a long-standing mystery: Why do auroras occasionally erupt in an explosion of light called a substorm?

    Watts Up With That? 2010

  • THEMIS consists of five identical probes launched in 2006 to solve a long-standing mystery: Why do auroras occasionally erupt in an explosion of light called a substorm?

    Muti 2009

  • Scientists already know what causes it: an interaction between the solar wind in the Earth's magnetic field (which is released in what is known as a substorm) and charged particles from space.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

  • THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) consists of five identical satellite probes launched in 2006 to solve a long-standing mystery: Why do auroras occasionally erupt in an explosion of light known as a substorm?

    UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Newsroom 2009

  • THEMIS consists of five identical probes launched in 2006 to solve a long-standing mystery: Why do auroras occasionally erupt in an explosion of light called a substorm?

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Led by the University of California astrophysicist Andreas Keiling, scientists have made the most detailed measurements yet of the space tornadoes, also known as substorm current wedges.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • THEMIS consists of five identical probes launched in 2006 to solve a long-standing mystery: Why do auroras occasionally erupt in an explosion of light called a substorm?

    R&D Mag - News 2009

  • Led by the University of California astrophysicist Andreas Keiling, scientists have made the most detailed measurements yet of the space tornadoes, also known as substorm current wedges.

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  • THEMIS consists of five identical probes launched in 2006 to solve a long-standing mystery: Why do auroras occasionally erupt in an explosion of light called a substorm?

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

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