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The Secret of the Black Aurora
Black aurora, like the gaps seen in this image, are not just an absence of light. Recent research using the Cluster spacecraft has found they are actually 'anti-auroras.' In normal aurora, charged particles fall to Earth, causing glows. In black aurora, particles are accelerated *away* from Earth, creating dark voids in the light show.
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In tropical astrology, 1 JAN 2002 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 JAN 2002.