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- NASA launched two sounding rockets from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska to study auroral electrical forces.
- The missions are Black and Diffuse Auroral Science Surveyor and GNEISS.
- Researchers use a network of ground sensors and simultaneous launches, including dark auroras, to model the auroral environment in three dimensions.
- The work improves understanding of how solar energy interacts with Earth's atmosphere and informs space weather, satellites, and communications.
