You might wonder what Steve means. At first it didn't mean anything. It
was just a name. Steve comes from the animated movie Over The Hedge. In
the movie, the main characters were watching bushes rustle. Out came an
animal that they didn't know. So they named it Steve.
That's how Steve, the new type of northern lights, got its name.
Citizen scientists took a few photos of Steve and showed the photos to
NASA scientists. NASA scientists initially couldn't explain the newly discovered aurora type, so they all decided on naming it Steve for now.
NASA scientists have now created a "backronym" - Strong
Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.
NASA has set up a project called Aurorasaurus.
At Aurorasaurus, you can see where the northern lights are predicted to
be located in the near future, and actual reports of the northern
lights from people around the world.
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