... The auroral glow is created when fast-moving particles ejected from the Sun impact air molecules high in the Earth's atmosphere. ... Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match . ... Yes, I have been to Barsoom again ..." begins John Carter in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1913 science fiction classic "The Gods of Mars". In Burroughs' novels describing Carter's adventures on Mars, "Barsoom" is the local inhabitants' name for the Red Planet. ... Comet Hale Bopp in the Outer Solar System . ...