{"id":192091,"date":"2024-06-30T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/swarm-satellites-help-aurora-chasers-discover-steves-long-lost-twin"},"modified":"2024-06-30T10:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:29:49","slug":"swarm-satellites-help-aurora-chasers-discover-steves-long-lost-twin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/swarm-satellites-help-aurora-chasers-discover-steves-long-lost-twin","title":{"rendered":"Swarm Satellites Help Aurora Chasers Discover Steve\u2019s Long-Lost Twin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/swarm-satellites-help-aurora-chasers-discover-steves-long-lost-twin3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever since aurora chasers discovered Steve, a mysterious ribbon of purple light in the night sky, scientists have wondered whether it might have a secret twin. Now, thanks to a photographer\u2019s keen eye, and data from ESA\u2019s Swarm satellites, we may have found it.<\/p>\n<p>Steve was a sensation when scientists stumbled across it a few years ago, thanks to the eagle eyes and excellent photography of the Alberta Aurora Chasers Facebook group.<\/p>\n<p>But its mauve hue and fleeting appearance meant it couldn\u2019t be a feature of the aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, which comes in shades of green, blue and red and can last for hours. So, what could it be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since aurora chasers discovered Steve, a mysterious ribbon of purple light in the night sky, scientists have wondered whether it might have a secret twin. Now, thanks to a photographer\u2019s keen eye, and data from ESA\u2019s Swarm satellites, we may have found it. Steve was a sensation when scientists stumbled across it a few [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}