how are the northern lights made

Question: how are the northern lights made
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Asked by Ruby to Sophie on 15 Mar 2018.
- Sophie Williams answered on 15 Mar 2018:
  
  When the sun emits charged particles during a solar flare some of them get through the earth’s magnetic field and then bump into atoms and molecules that are in the atmosphere. When they collide you get little bursts of light called photos and these make the dancing lights that you see on the northern lights (borealis), they also have southern lights too (australis)

Question: how are the northern lights made