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Early Space Weather

I wasn’t entirely sure about what to write about today, so I decided to post a picture: During the 1st International Polar …

An Alarm Bell for Aurora

The World’s first auroral observatory was built by Kristian Birkeland in 1899 on the mountain Haldde just west of Alta in Northern …

Skibotn Observatory

Some two hours drive east of Tromsø, Skibotn observatory is located. Skibotn is one of the driest locations in all of Northern …

UiO Cubestar project

Many actors are in some way or the other involved with Space Weather in Norway. One of them is the University of …

Space Weather is nothing new

Especially in the Auroral zone, effects of space weather has been well known for more than 100 years. Already in the 1880s …