Auroras have captured the imagination of peoples from ancient times all the way through the current era. Although the advent of modern science and technology has allowed us to observe the auroras in ways unprecedented…

Above…

(International Space Station)

…and even THROUGH an aurora…

(photographed by Alexander Gerst in August 2014)

…our understanding of the auroras has been limited to whatever our imaginations can cast up about these beautiful, mystical, and ethereal displays of light. S...