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Astronomers at Canada’s University of Calgary have revealed a previously-uncatalogued, purple-colored luminous phenomenon in the sky, found through observations made by citizen scientists, and confirmed by satellite data. The phenomenon consists of a lighted band or ribbon that stretches across the sky, and although it is not actually a new phenomenon, nobody had bothered paying attention to it before now.

And for lack of a better name, the researchers called it ‘Steve’.
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The Aurora Borealis, also commonly known as the Northern Lights, are an atmospheric phenomenon caused by the interaction of charged particles emitted from the sun that interact with various gasses in Earth’s atmosphere, creating beautiful and mesmerizing displays. Typically, these aurora are confined to regions close to the poles, due to the charged particle’s interaction with Earth’s magnetic field, but a new study says that the display may push farther south in the near future.
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First we get a rare chance to view the magical colors of the aurora borealis?now we can see the biggest Leonid fireball storm in years.

The Leonid shower of 1998 was extraordinary, but the meteor rates never exceeded a few hundred shooting stars per hour. ?We define a meteor storm to be times when observers can see 1000 or more per hour,? says Bill Cooke from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. ?The Leonids of ’98, as spectacular as they were, were not a full-fledged storm.? But this year?s Leonids will be.
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