... Aurora Over New Zealand . ... Last weekend skygazers at middle and high latitudes around the globe were treated to expansive auroral displays as a magnetic storm raged around planet Earth. ... The relative average abundance in our Solar System appears higher than can be made in the early universe, in stars, and even in typical supernova explosions. ... Barsoom . ... Yes, I have been to Barsoom again ..." begins John Carter in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1913 science fiction classic "The Gods of Mars". ...