aurora An aurora ( aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arc ...

is a natural light display in the sky on Earth seen predominantly in the high latitudes. Aurora may also refer to:

Common uses

Aurora (mythology) Aurōra () is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry. Like Greek mythology, Greek ''Eos'' and Rigvedic deities, Rigvedic ''Ushas'', ''Aurōra'' continues the name of an earlier Proto-Indo-European myth ...

, the Roman goddess of dawn *

Aurora (given name) An aurora ( aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in polar regions of Earth, high-latitude ...

, a feminine given name (and list of people with the name) *

Aurora (heraldry) upright=0.5, Aurora in the arms of Murmansk Oblast (on the silhouette of a trimount) Aurora is used as a Charge_(heraldry)">charge in heraldry. The use of the aurora is often connected with a northern geographic position. The aurora is often ma ...

, the heraldic display of an aurora

Places

Brazil

Aurora, Ceará Aurora, Ceará is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Ceará Ceará (CE) is a state located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. According to the 2022 census conducted by ...

* Aurora, Santa Catarina

Philippines

Aurora (province) Aurora, officially the Province of Aurora (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the eastern part of Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, region, facing the Philippine Sea. Its capital is Baler, Aurora ...

, a province in the Philippines *

Aurora, Isabela Aurora, officially the Municipality of Aurora (; ), is a municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,621 people. History On July 3, 1948, President Elpidio Quirino issued ''Exe ...

Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur Aurora, officially the Municipality of Aurora (; Subanen: ''Benwa Aurora''; , Jawi: ايڠد نو اورور; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Aurora''; ), is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 ...

Romania

* Aurora,

Cujmir Cujmir is a commune in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, with 3,221 inhabitants as of 2011. It is composed of three villages: Aurora, Cujmir, and Cujmiru Mic. Natives * Iulică Ruican Iulică Ruican (born 29 August 1971) is a retired Romani ...

, Mehedinți County *

Cap Aurora Cap Aurora is a small Romanian summer-time seaside resort in the Mangalia municipality, Constanța County. It is located between the neighbouring resorts of Jupiter and Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Ea ...

, Mangalia, Constanța County

United States

Aurora, Arkansas Aurora is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, Madison County, Arkansas, United States. It is located south of Huntsville, Arkansas, Huntsville at the junction of Arkansas Highway 127, AR 127 and Arkansas ...

Aurora, Colorado Aurora (, ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, Arapahoe, Adams County, Colorado, Adams, and Douglas County, Colorado, Douglas List of counties in Colorado, counti ...

Aurora, Illinois Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States. It is located along the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River west of Chicago. It is the List of municipalities in Illinois, second-most populous city in Illinois, with a popul ...

Aurora, Indiana Aurora is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,479 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the 2010 census, Aurora has a total area of , of which (or 89.41%) is land and (or 10.59%) is water. History Aur ...

Aurora, Iowa Aurora is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 169 in the 2020 census, a decline from 194 in 2000. Aurora was founded in 1886 by the Chicago Great Western Railway, and incorporated in 1899. The town was laid out o ...

* Aurora, Kansas *

Aurora, Kentucky Aurora is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States. Aurora is located near Kentucky Lake Kentucky Lake is a major navigable river, navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was ...

* Aurora, New Orleans, Louisiana *

Aurora, Maine Aurora is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The town was named for the goddess of dawn. The population was 93 at the 2020 census. The Brick School House, a historic schoolhouse, is located in Aurora. It was built in 1827 and is t ...

Aurora, Minnesota Aurora is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,678 at the 2020 census. Saint Louis County Highways 100 and 110 and Minnesota State Highway 135 are three of the main routes in Aurora. History Aurora ...

Aurora Township, Steele County, Minnesota Aurora Township is a township in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 625 at the 2000 census. Aurora Township was organized in 1857, and named after Aurora, Illinois. Geography According to the United States Census Burea ...

Aurora, Missouri Aurora is a city in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,217. History The Honey Creek area, near Aurora, was originally settled by pioneers from Tennessee, including James D. Hillhou ...

Aurora, Nebraska Aurora is a city in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,479 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hamilton County. History In 1861, David Millspaw became the first permanent settler in the area of what was to ...

Aurora, Nevada Aurora is a ghost town in Mineral County in the west central part of the US state of Nevada, approximately southwest of the town of Hawthorne, three miles from the California border. Today the townsite is much diminished, having been damag ...

Aurora, Cayuga County, New York Aurora, or Aurora-on-Cayuga, is a village and former college town in the town of Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, United States, on the shore of Cayuga Lake. The village had a population of 724 at the 2010 census. Wells College, an insti ...

Aurora, Erie County, New York Aurora is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 13,782 at the 2010 census. It is one of the "Southtowns" of Erie County and is also erroneously called "East Aurora", the name of its principal village. The town is ce ...

Aurora, North Carolina Aurora is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 455 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 9.60%, is water. ...

Aurora, Ohio Aurora is a city in northwestern Portage County, Ohio, United States. A suburb in between Akron and Cleveland, the population was 17,239 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area. Some say Aurora was the name of the daught ...

Aurora, Oregon Aurora is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. Before being incorporated as a city, it was the location of the Aurora Colony, a religious commune founded in 1856 by William Keil and John E. Schmit. William named the settlement after ...

Aurora County, South Dakota Aurora County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,747. The county was created in 1879, and was organized in 1881. History Aurora County, named for Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn, ...

* Aurora, South Dakota *

Aurora, Texas Aurora is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,390 in 2020. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency o ...

Aurora, Utah Aurora is a city in north-central Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 923 in the 2020 Census. Aurora is predominantly supported by agriculture, coal mining, and the service sector. Most residents commute to one of the neig ...

* Aurora, West Virginia *

Aurora, Florence County, Wisconsin Aurora is a town in Florence County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,186 at the 2000 census. Aurora lies on the Michigan-Wisconsin border, across the Menominee River from Kingsford, Michigan. Aurora Aurora is a community with ...

, a town * Aurora (community), Florence County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Aurora, Kenosha County, Wisconsin *

Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin Aurora is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 386 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.2 square miles (88.6 km2), all of it lan ...

* Aurora, Washington County, Wisconsin *

Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin Aurora is a town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 971 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Auroraville is located in the town, and the city of Berlin is adjacent to the town. Geography According t ...

Other places

Aurora, Victoria Aurora is a housing estate in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia designed to provide homes with higher levels of energy and water efficiency. The plan is to build it over 15 years and to have 8500 residences. Location Aurora is now located partly w ...

, Australia *

Aurora, Ontario Aurora ( 2021 population: 62,057) is a town in central York Region in the Greater Toronto Area, within the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located north of the City of Richmond Hill and is partially situated on the Oak Ridge ...

, Canada *

Aurora (Turin) Aurora is an historical district in the city of Turin, Italy. This neighborhood is divided into wards, which are distinctive one from another. The district includes: * Porta Palazzo quarter has the biggest European open market (''Mercato di Port ...

, Italy * Aurora Cave, New Zealand *

Aurora, Western Cape Aurora is a town on the west coast of South Africa situated 43 kilometres north-west of Piketberg Piketberg (also sometimes spelt Piquetberg in the past) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa, located about 80 km east of Saldanha Bay. The o ...

, South Africa *

Aurora, Suriname Aurora is a town in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname on the Upper Suriname River. Aurora is a tribal village, and has a twin village called Nieuw Aurora which was built as an extension. The village is home to Maroons of the Saramaka tribe. Th ...

* Aurora Island or Maéwo, Vanuatu * Aurora Islands, phantom isles (once considered near the Falklands)

Education

Aurora University Aurora University (AU) is a private university in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Established in 1893 as a seminary of the Advent Christian Church, the university has been independent since 1971. Approximately 6,200 students are enrolled in t ...

, Illinois, United States *

Aurora College Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, is a college located in the Northwest Territories, Canada with campuses in Inuvik, Fort Smith and Yellowknife. It has learning centres in 23 communities in the NWT. The head office for Aurora College i ...

, Northwest Territories, Canada * Aurora College (Invercargill), New Zealand *

Community College of Aurora The Community College of Aurora (CCA) is a public community college in Aurora, Colorado. It is part of the Colorado Community College System. CCA serves over 10,000 students annually at its CentreTech Campus in Aurora; Lowry Campus at the form ...

, Colorado, United States

Structures

* Aurora (Spencer, Virginia), a historic home near Spencer, Patrick County, Virginia, United States * Aurora Apartment Hotel, a historic high-rise building located in San Antonio, Texas, United States *

Aurora Bridge The Aurora Bridge (officially called the George Washington Memorial Bridge) is a cantilever and truss bridge in Seattle, Washington, United States. It carries State Route 99 ( Aurora Avenue North) over the west end of Seattle's Lake Union an ...

, Seattle, Washington, United States * Aurora, Dichteren, a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands *

Aurora Melbourne Central Aurora Melbourne Central is a high residential skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia. It is Melbourne's third-tallest building and the fifth tallest building in Australia. Developed by Malaysian–based UEM Sunrise and designed by Elenberg F ...

, a skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia *

Aurora Place Aurora Place is a commercial skyscraper and residential block on Phillip Street in Sydney, Australia. Designed by Renzo Piano, the 41-storey building stands at a height of high to the top of the spire and to the roof. The building has an un ...

, a skyscraper in Sydney, Australia *

Aurora Stadium York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia. Holding 21,000 people, York Park is known commercially as University of Tasmania (UTAS) Stadium and was formerly known as Aurora Stadium under a previo ...

, Launceston, Australia * Aurora Tower, a skyscraper in Brisbane, Australia * Aurora Wheel, a Ferris wheel in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Arts and entertainment

Visual arts

* ''Aurora'' (Artemisia Gentileschi), a c1625-1627 painting by Artemisia Gentileschi * ''Aurora'' (Reni), a 1614 Baroque ceiling fresco by Guido Reni * ''Aurora'' (di Suvero), a 1992 sculpture by Mark di Suvero * ''Aurora'' (Asawa), Ruth Asawa sculpture

Books

Prix Aurora Awards The Aurora Awards () are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lures galaxy of sci/fi stars". ...

, a Canadian literature award * ''Aurora'', a novel by

Michel Leiris Julien Michel Leiris (; 20 April 1901, Paris – 30 September 1990, Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Part of the Surrealist group in Paris, Leiris became a key member of the College of Sociology with Geor ...

* ''Aurora'', a novel by

David Koepp David Koepp (; born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He is the fourth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts with a total gross of over $2.6 billion. Koepp has achieved both critical ...

* ''Aurora'' (novel), a 2015 novel by Kim Stanley Robinson * ''Aurora'', an airship in the novel '' Airborn'' * Aurora-Verlag, a New York-based German language publisher co-founded in 1944 by

Lion Feuchtwanger Lion Feuchtwanger (; 7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Republic, Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht. ...

Aurora (comics) Aurora () (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, the character first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #120 (April 1979). Aurora is a member ...

, a Marvel comics character

Periodicals

* ''Aurora'' (literary journal), a literary journal published from 1821 to 1837 * ''Aurora'' (newspaper), an 1899–1957 Swedish publication * ''

Aurora de Chile The ''Aurora de Chile'' (English: ''Dawn of Chile'') was the first periodical in Chilean history and mostly dealt with politics and political philosophy. It was in print from Thursday, February 13, 1812, to Thursday, April 1, 1813, at which point i ...

'', the first periodical in Chilean history * ''

Philadelphia Aurora The ''Philadelphia Aurora'', originally the ''Aurora General Advertiser'', was a newspaper, published six days a week in Philadelphia from 1794 to 1824. The paper was founded by Benjamin Franklin Bache, and was continued as a tri-weekly, after hi ...

'', a newspaper published from 1794 to 1824

Film and television

* ''Aurora'' (1984 film), an Italian drama * ''Aurora'' (2006 film), a Ukrainian film * ''Aurora'' (2010 film), a Romanian crime story * ''Aurora'' (2014 film), a Chilean film * ''Aurora'' (2018 Filipino film), a Philippine film * ''Aurora'' (2018 Kyrgyz film), a Kyrgyzstani film * ''Aurora'' (TV series), a Spanish-language telenovela * "Aurora" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of ''Stargate Atlantis'' *

Aurora Community Channel Aurora Community Channel is an Australian subscription television channel that screens locally produced community television programs. Launched in 2005 on Foxtel, it is currently on channel 173, prior to the launch of Christian channels on Foxt ...

, an Australian TV channel *

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) Aurora, also known as Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' animated film ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1959). Voiced by Mary Costa, Aurora is the only child of King Stefan and Queen Leah. An e ...

, the title character from the animated film ''Sleeping Beauty'' * Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty character in ''

Once Upon a Time "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 in storytelling in the English language and has started many narrative ...

Gaming

* Aurora Engine, a BioWare game engine *

Aurora Gaming Aurora Gaming, or simply Aurora (stylized in all caps), is an esports organization. Founded in Serbia in 2022, Aurora currently fields professional rosters in ''Apex Legends'', ''Counter-Strike 2'' (''CS2''), ''Dota 2,'' and '' Mobile Legends: B ...

, a Serbian esports organization *

Sega Aurora Sega is a video game developer, publisher, and hardware development company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with multiple offices around the world. The company's involvement in the arcade game industry began as a Japan-based distributor of coin- ...

, a gaming hardware platform * Aurora, a gaming PC brand by

Alienware Alienware Corporation is an American computer hardware subsidiary brand, but not of Dell. Their product range is dedicated to gaming computers and accessories and can be identified by their Extraterrestrial life, alien-themed designs. Alienware ...

* Aurora, the main protagonist from the role-playing video game ''

Child of Light ''Child of Light'' is a platforming role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in April 2014, and was released on PlayStation Vita in Jul ...

'' * The ''Aurora'', a crashed spaceship in the survival adventure game ''

Subnautica ''Subnautica'' is a 2018 action-adventure survival game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The player controls Ryley Robinson, a survivor of a spaceship crash on an alien oceanic planet, which they are free to explore. The ...

Music

Works

* ''Aurora'' (opera), a 1908 opera by Ettore Panizza * ''Aurora'' (tone poem), an orchestral tone poem by William Lloyd Webber

Bands and artists

Aurora (singer) Aurora Aksnes (; born 15 June 1996), known simply as Aurora (stylized in all capital letters), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Referred to as the "Fairy of Pop", she is a defining figure in contemporary Nordic popular mus ...

(born 1996), Norwegian singer-songwriter *

Aurora (Christian band) Aurora was an American Christian girl group that was made up of sisters Lauren, Racquel and Rachel Smith from Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the ...

, an American/British girl group * Aurora (electronic music group), a British group *

Aurora (punk band) Aurora is a Punk rock, punk band formed in Győr, Hungary in 1983. Early history Aurora Cirkáló was founded in Győr, Hungary by the young local punks “Vigi” (guitar vocals), “Galacs” (bass), “Polyak” (drums) and “Dauer” (vocal ...

, a Hungarian group * Aurora, a German dark wave band later known as Aurora Sutra

Albums

* ''Aurora'' (Angela Chang album), 2004 * ''Aurora'' (Antiskeptic album), 2003 * ''Aurora'' (Asia album), 1986 * ''Aurora'' (Aurora album), 2000 * ''Aurora'' (Bada album), 2004 * ''Aurora'' (Breaking Benjamin album), 2020 * ''Aurora'' (Daisy Jones & the Six album), 2023 * ''Aurora'' (Esmerine album), 2005 * ''Aurora'' (Jean-Luc Ponty album), 1976 * ''Aurora'' (Nico Touches the Walls album), 2009 * ''Aurora'' (Susumu Hirasawa album), 1994 * ''Aurora'' (Ben Frost album), 2014 * ''Aurora'' (Bea Miller album), 2018 * ''Aurora'', a 2009 album by Avishai Cohen * ''Aurora'', a 1995 album by

Crash Vegas Crash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s. Biography The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988, who were also in a romantic relationsh ...

* ''Aurora'', a 2013 album by

Joey Moe Joey Lanni Moe Lynghave (born 8 June 1985) is a Danish singer and producer. During his career, he has collaborated with a number of other Danish artists. Career Joey Moe graduated from Sankt Annae Gymnasium (high school) in 2004. In 1996, when ...

* ''Aurora'', a 2021 album by Humbe * ''Aurora'', a 2023 album by

Nikolija Nikolija Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Николија Јовановић; born 19 October 1989) is a Serbian singer. Born to folk singer Vesna Zmijanac, Jovanović was born in Zagreb and raised in Belgrade. Nikolija debuted in 2013 with the single "Ća ...

Songs

* "Aurora" (Foo Fighters song), 1999 * "Aurora" (Lights Action song), 2008 * "Aurora", a song by 36 Crazyfists from '' Rest Inside the Flames'' * "Aurora", a song by

the Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo ...

* "Aurora", a song by Ateez from '' Treasure EP.3: One to All'' * "Aurora", a song by Björk from ''

Vespertine ''Vespertine'' is the fourth studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. It was first released on 18 August 2001 in Japan by One Little Indian Records and in the United States by Elektra Entertainment. Björk aspired to create an album ...

'' * "L'aurora", a song by Eros Ramazzotti from ''

Dove c'è musica ''Dove c'è musica'' (''Where There Is Music'') is the seventh studio album by Italian pop/ rock singer Eros Ramazzotti, released in 1996 on the BMG label. It is Ramazzotti's first self-produced album and the first without any involvement fro ...

'' * "Aurora", a song by Gloria Trevi from ''

De Película De Película is a 24-hour cable television movie channel owned by TelevisaUnivision under Televisa Networks. It is available in Mexico, the United States, and Latin America. This channel focuses on Mexican movies of all times that are under lic ...

'' * "Aurora", a song by

Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Grammy Awards, and has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards and a Tony ...

* "Aurora", a song by Lapush from '' Someplace Closer to Here'' * "Aurora", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from ''

Aurora An aurora ( aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arc ...

'' ** "Aurora 2", a Susumu Hirasawa remix of "Aurora" from ''

Solar Ray ''Solar Ray'' (stylized and subtitled as ''SOLAR RAY Hirasawa best recycling album Recycled by P-MODEL kernel'') is a 2001 remix album by Susumu Hirasawa. It is the centerpiece of "Hirasawa Energy Works", a project to produce music in an ecologica ...

'' * "Aurora", a song by Vanessa Mae from ''

Storm A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstor ...

'' * "Aurora", a song by Veruca Salt from ''

Tank Girl Tank Girl is a British comic created by Alan Martin (writer), Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. It first appeared in print in 1988 in the British comics magazine ''Deadline (magazine), Deadline'', and then in the solo comic book series ''Tank Girl' ...

Organizations

Aurora (pen manufacturer) Aurora is an Italian manufacturer of fine writing instruments, fountain pens, paper and leather goods, founded in 1919 by wealthy textile merchant Isaia Levi. The company's products represent the first true Italian fountain pens and are still cur ...

, an Italian manufacturer *

Aurora Cannabis Aurora Cannabis Inc. is a Canadian licensed cannabis producer, headquartered in Edmonton. It trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Nasdaq as ACB. , Aurora Cannabis had eight licensed production facilities, five sales licences, and operations ...

, a Canadian licensed producer of medical cannabis * Aurora Energy (disambiguation), various electricity companies *

Aurora Film Corporation Aurora Film Corporation is a film production company based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and primarily involved in producing Bengali films. Aurora has produced and distributed several landmark Bengali-language films including Satyajit Ray's '' ...

, an Indian film production and distribution company *

Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences (AFS) is an American aviation and aeronautics research subsidiary of Boeing that specializes in special-purpose unmanned aerial vehicles. Aurora's headquarters is at Manassas Regional Airport. History In 1989, AFS was ...

(a.k.a. Aurora), flight research subsidiary of Boeing *

Aurora Health Care Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) was a non-profit, faith-based hospital network with dual headquarters located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Downers Grove, Illinois. In 2021, the AAH system had 26 hospitals and more than 500 sites of care, with ...

, a health care system in Wisconsin, United States *

Aurora Innovation Aurora Innovation, Inc., doing business as Aurora, is a self-driving vehicle technology company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Aurora has developed the Aurora Driver, a computer system that can be integrated into cars for autonomous driving. ...

, an American self-driving car company * Aurora (university network), a network of European universities *

Aurora Plastics Corporation The Aurora Plastics Corporation was an American toy and hobby manufacturing company. It is known primarily for its production of plastic scale models of cars, airplanes, and TV and movie figures in the 1960s. Its principal competition in modeli ...

, a defunct American toy and hobby company * Aurora Productions, Hollywood, an American film production house * Aurora Publishing (Hungary), a German-Hungarian publishing company *

Aurora Publishing (United States) Aurora Publishing, Inc. was the American subsidiary of Japanese publisher Ohzora Publishing, the leading ''josei'' manga publisher in Japan. Headquartered in Torrance, California, it licensed and published Japanese manga for the North Americ ...

, the American subsidiary of Japanese publisher Ohzora Publishing

Science and technology

Astronomy

94 Aurora 94 Aurora is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. With an albedo of only 0.04, it is darker than soot, and has a primitive composition consisting of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 6, 1867, in Ann Arbor ...

, an asteroid * ''

Aurora 7 Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft, named ''Aurora 7'', was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth human to fly in space. The mission used Mercury spacecraft No ...

'', the second American spacecraft to orbit the Earth *

(a.k.a. Aurora), flight research subsidiary of Boeing *

Aurora on Mars Aurora, Auroras have been found on Mars but they are very different from the high-altitude auroras found on Earth. They are occur in the upper atmosphere of Mars and are diffuse and often localized. Ever since their discovery, it has been an area ...

, an atmospheric phenomenon on Mars * Aurora programme, a human spaceflight programme of the European Space Agency * Aurora, an albedo feature on Mercury

Biology

* ''Aurora'' (genus), a synonym of a genus of sponges * ''Aurora'', a synonym of the moth genus ''Peoria'' (moth) *

Aurora kinase Aurora kinases are serine/threonine kinases that are essential for cell proliferation. They are phosphotransferase enzymes that help the dividing cell dispense its genetic materials to its daughter cells. More specifically, Aurora kinases play a ...

, an enzyme *

Aurora (grape) Aurore (also known as Seibel 5279) is a white complex hybrid grape variety produced by French viticulturist Albert Seibel and used for wine production mostly in the United States and Canada. Over a long lifetime, Seibel produced many complex hybr ...

or Aurore, a hybrid wine grape variety

Computing

* Apache Aurora, a Mesos framework for both long-running services and cron jobs * Aurora (typeface), a serif font * Mobile OS Aurora, a Russian operating system spun off from

Sailfish The sailfish is one or two species of marine fish in the genus ''Istiophorus'', which belong to the family Istiophoridae ( marlins). They are predominantly blue to gray in colour and have a characteristically large dorsal fin known as the ...

* Aurora OS, formerly named Eeebuntu OS, a discontinued Ubuntu-based OS for netbooks *

Aurora (protocol) The Aurora Protocol is a link layer communications protocol for use on point-to-point serial links. Developed by Xilinx, it is intended for use in high-speed (gigabits/second and more) connections internally in a computer or in an embedded system. ...

, a communications protocol from Xilinx * Aurora Generator Test, a 2007 experiment by Idaho National Laboratory * Aurora HDR, high-dynamic-range software for photography *

Operation Aurora Operation Aurora was a series of cyber attacks performed by advanced persistent threats such as the Elderwood Group based in Beijing, China, with associations with the People's Liberation Army. First disclosed publicly by Google (one of the vic ...

, a 2009 cyber attack * Aurora, a text-to-image model used by Grok (chatbot) and developed by xAI * Aurora, a tablet in the

NOVO7 The NOVO7 is a series of Android (operating system), Android tablet computers manufactured by the China, Chinese company Ainol, Ainol Electronics.Firefox Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements curr ...

browser * AURORA, an entrant in the

NIST hash function competition The NIST hash function competition was an open competition held by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a new hash function called SHA-3 to complement the older SHA-1 and SHA-2. The competition was formally a ...

High performance computing

Aurora (supercomputer) Aurora is an exascale supercomputer that was sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and designed by Intel and Cray for the Argonne National Laboratory. It was briefly the second fastest supercomputer in the world from November ...

, a Exascale-class supercomputer at the U.S.-based

Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is owned by the United Sta ...

under development in the 2010s and 2020s * Aurora, a supercomputer produced by Eurotech *

NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA The NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA is a vector processor of the NEC SX architecture family. Unlike previous SX supercomputers, the SX-Aurora TSUBASA is provided as a PCIe card, termed by NEC as a "Vector Engine" (VE). Eight VE cards can be inserted into a ...

, a vector processing architecture from NEC *

Amazon Aurora Amazon Aurora is a proprietary relational database offered as a service by Amazon Web Services (AWS) since October 2014. Aurora is available as part of the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). History Aurora offered MySQL compatible se ...

, a high-performance database developed by Amazon

Transportation

Aerospace

Aurora (aircraft) Aurora is a rumored mid-1980s American reconnaissance aircraft. There is no substantial evidence that it was ever built or flown and it has been termed a myth.Aurora (airline) Aurora () is a Russian airline headquartered in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast. It operates domestic and international flights in the Russian Far East region. It is named after the Russian cruiser Aurora. It is currently banned from flyin ...

, a Russian airline * Aurora D8, an airliner concept currently under development *

Lockheed CP-140 Aurora The Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the Lockheed S-3 Viking. "Aurora" refers to the R ...

, a maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Canadian Air Force *

Aurora Space Station The Aurora Space Station was a technology concept for a private commercial space station in low Earth orbit that was announced on 5 March 2018 by Orion Span, a startup aerospace company in California, United States funded by Pear Venture and B ...

, a concept for a commercial space station *

(a.k.a. Aurora), flight research subsidiary of Boeing

Automobiles

* Aurora (1957 automobile), an American automobile *

Aurora Solar Car The Aurora Vehicle Association is a group of volunteers who are dedicated to achieving and demonstrating extreme efficiency in transport. Aurora was started in 1980 by building high-fuel-efficiency petrol-powered vehicles. Between 1983 and 1985 A ...

Oldsmobile Aurora The Oldsmobile Aurora is a luxury sedan, manufactured and marketed by General Motors from 1994 until 2003 over two generations — sharing platforms with Buick Riviera and using the Cadillac-derived G platform. At the time of production, th ...

, a full-size sedan made from 1995 to 2003 * Zenvo Aurora, a Danish sports car

Rail

* Aurora station (disambiguation), stations named Aurora * '' Aurora Borealis Express'', Helsinki‒Kolari night train in Finland * ''Aurora'' (CityNightLine), Switzerland‒Germany‒Denmark night train * ''Aurora'' (Trans Europ Express) service, in Italy * ''

Aurora Winter Train The ''Aurora Winter Train'', operated by the Alaska Railroad, provides passenger service between the cities of Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. It is a seasonal train, only operating during the non-summer mo ...

'', seasonal passenger service on the Alaska Railroad * ''Aurora'', a

South Devon Railway Comet class The Comet class were 12 broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required. They ...

locomotive * ''Aurora'', brand name for

British Rail Class 810 The British Rail Class 810 ''Aurora'' is a type of bi-mode multiple unit being constructed by Hitachi Rail for East Midlands Railway (EMR). Based on the Hitachi AT300 design, 33 five-car units will replace Class 222 units on EMR's intercity ro ...

passenger trains

Road

Aurora Boulevard Aurora Boulevard is a four-to-ten-lane major thoroughfare in Quezon City and San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is named after Don (honorific), Doña Aurora Quezon, the consort of Commonwealth of the Philippines, Co ...

, a major thoroughfare in Quezon City and San Juan City, Metro Manila * Aurora Avenue, Seattle, Washington

Watercraft

* List of ships named Aurora

Sports

* Aurora Formula One, a motor racing championship *

Aurora F.C. Aurora Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional Association football, football club. They are based in Guatemala City and play their home matches in the ''Estadio Cementos Progreso''. Once one of the most powerful teams in the country and a tra ...

, a Guatemalan football club *

Aurora FC (Canada) Aurora FC was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Aurora, Ontario. The club continues to operate as a youth soccer club. The club was founded in 1964 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in ...

, a Canadian soccer club *

Club Aurora Club Deportivo Aurora is a football club from Cochabamba, Bolivia, that plays in the División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of Bolivian football. The club was founded 27 May 1935, and plays its home games at the Estadio Félix Capriles. ...

, a Bolivian football club *

FBC Aurora Foot Ball Club Aurora is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Arequipa, Peru. The club was founded in 1916 and plays in the Copa Perú, which is the third division of the Peruvian league. History The club has played at the highest l ...

, a Peruvian football club *

Aurora Seriate Calcio Aurora Seriate Calcio or simply Aurora Seriate was an Football in Italy, Italian association football club, based in Seriate, Lombardy. Aurora Seriate last played in Serie D. History The club was founded in 1967 and developed in the next decade ...

, a defunct Italian football club *

Aurora Pro Patria 1919 Aurora Pro Patria 1919, commonly referred to as Pro Patria, is an Italian football club based in Busto Arsizio, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie C, group A. In Latin, Pro Patria translates to "For the Fatherland". History Pro Patria et L ...

, an Italian football club * S.P. Aurora, a defunct Sammarinese football club

Other uses

Jagjit Singh Aurora Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora (or Arora), PVSMBoth spellings are used in official documents; though "Aurora" predominates in the listings in the pre-Independence ''Indian Army List'', as do those in the ''Gazette of India''. (13 Februa ...

(1916–2005), Indian soldier *

Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity The US $1,000,000 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity is a global humanitarian award recognizing individuals for humanitarian work. It is awarded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian genocide. The Aurora Prize ceremonies have taken place si ...

, an international humanitarian award *

Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project was a planned solar power tower solar thermal power plant to be located north of Port Augusta in South Australia. It aimed to generate 150 MW of electricity upon completion in 2020, with storage capacity suffic ...

, a proposed solar-powered electricity generator in South Australia