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Constant eruptions on our sun eject highly charged winds in all directions into space called the solar wind stream. When directed towards earth, the solar wind is drawn into the earths magnetic field causing a high altitude electrical discharge process in our ionosphere and hence emitting the light we see as the aurora.
