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AN Aurora alert has been issued for North Yorkshire this evening (Saturday).
The alert means there is a high chance of seeing the Northern Lights.
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The northern lights is the name given to the colourful lights that can appear in the night sky over the northern hemisphere. When they appear in the southern hemisphere, they’re called the southern lights instead.
This phenomenon is known as an aurora. The northern lights are more formally known as the aurora borealis because borealis means north in Latin. The southern lights, meanwhile, are called the aurora australis.
Auroras don’t just happen on Earth. Scientists have also seen them on other planets, including Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, as well as on comets.