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NASA satellite sees an aurora in infrared light (image)

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite captured the low-light emissions from an aurora in the night sky over western Canada on Nov. 5, 2023. (Image credit: NASA/Lauren Dauphin and Wanmei Liang; NOAA) Generally, photos of auroras capture bright, colorful bands dancing across the night sky, but a
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Former Aurora Officer Randy Roedema sentenced to 14 months

Local News By Kasey Richardson, Jennifer McRae Updated on: January 6, 2024 / 12:42 AM EST / CBS Colorado Former Aurora police officer sentenced 14 months in Adams County Jail Former Aurora police officer sentenced 14 months in Adams County Jail 02:30 Former Aurora Police Officer Randy Roedema has been sentenced to 14 months in
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Infrared Aurora Detected on Uranus

While the ultraviolet aurora of Uranus has been observed since 1986, no confirmation of the infrared aurora had been observed until now. An artistic representation of how Uranus’ northern infrared aurora (marked in red) would have looked like in 2006. Image credit: NASA / ESA / M. Showalter, SETI Institute / Hubble Space Telescope. The
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Aurora offering free home internet security course

Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune. October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the city of Aurora is offering a free home internet security course for families. Aurora’s Information Technology Department is collaborating with KnowBe4, the world’s largest…
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