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Northern lights research enters final frontier
01-12-2007 · EurekAlert!An international team of scientists -- including physicists from the University of Calgary -- will begin gathering the most detailed information yet about the ever-changing northern lights, as a multi-year research project enters its ultimate phase with the launch of five NASA satellites from Cape Canaveral next month. Joint U of C/Canadian Space Agency briefing on Friday, January 12.
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