Aurora borealis & London’s sky wonders

<p>The glory of the aurora borealis, the magnificent northern lights, bathed much of the British Isles in their ethereal glow on Sunday night.</p><p>Night owls and stargazers enjoyed a glimpse of this rare spectacle due to high levels of magnetic activity, known as a geomagnetic storm.</p><p>Many sky-watchers get their northern lights intel from the alerts service AuroraWatch UK, which is run by scientists in the Space and Planetary Physics group at Lancaster University’s Department of Physics.&nbsp;</p><p>The Leader podcast’s joined by Dr Maria Walach, a researcher in space plasma physics at Lancaster and a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, who shares what planetary wonder can still be enjoyed in urban night skies.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>