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Ancient Chinese text reveals earliest-known record of a candidate aurora
- hammock 4y agoWhat is a "candidate aurora"? The article explains a few types but not candidate.
- mc32 4y agoI think it just means it's a candidate reference to an actual aurora phenomenon (it cannot be confirmed the text refers to an aurora, but it strongly suggests the passage is about an aurora but a specific term for the phenomenon either did not exist or was not used and was described obliquely).
- hammock 4y agoGot it makes sense. I believe I was thrown off by the sentence "this is technically an unconfirmed candidate aurora," which is redundant if candidate really means (essentially) unconfirmed.