An aurora 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), the Roman goddess of dawn Aurora (given name), a feminine given name (and list of people with the name) Aurora (heraldry), the heraldic display of an aurora
Places Brazil Aurora, Ceará Aurora, Santa Catarina
Philippines Aurora (province), in the Philippines Aurora, Isabela Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur
Romania Aurora, Cujmir, Mehedinți County Cap Aurora, Mangalia, Constanța County
United States Aurora, Arkansas Aurora, Colorado Aurora, Illinois Aurora, Indiana Aurora, Iowa Aurora, Kansas Aurora, Kentucky Aurora, New Orleans, Louisiana Aurora, Maine Aurora, Minnesota Aurora Township, Steele County, Minnesota Aurora, Missouri Aurora, Nebraska Aurora, Nevada Aurora, Cayuga County, New York Aurora, Erie County, New York Aurora, North Carolina Aurora, Ohio Aurora, Oregon Aurora County, South Dakota Aurora, South Dakota Aurora, Texas Aurora, Utah Aurora, West Virginia Aurora, Florence County, Wisconsin, a town Aurora (community), Florence County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Aurora, Kenosha County, Wisconsin Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin Aurora, Washington County, Wisconsin Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin
Other places Aurora, Victoria, Australia Aurora, Ontario, Canada Aurora (Turin), Italy Aurora Cave, New Zealand Aurora, Western Cape, South Africa Aurora, Suriname Aurora Island or Maéwo, Vanuatu Aurora Islands, phantom isles (once considered near the Falklands)
Education Aurora University, Illinois, US Aurora University (Shanghai), China Aurora College, Northwest Territories, Canada Aurora College (Invercargill), New Zealand Community College of Aurora, Colorado, US
Structures Aurora (Spencer, Virginia), a historic home near Spencer, Patrick County, Virginia, US Aurora Apartment Hotel, a historic high-rise building in San Antonio, Texas, US Aurora Bridge, Seattle, Washington, US Aurora, Dichteren, a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands Aurora Melbourne Central, a skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia Aurora Place, a skyscraper in Sydney, Australia Aurora Stadium, 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, a Canadian literature award Aurora, a novel by Michel Leiris Aurora, a novel by David Koepp Aurora (novel), 2015, 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 Aurora (comics), a Marvel comics character
Periodicals Aurora (literary journal), published from 1821 to 1837 Aurora (newspaper), an 1899–1957 Swedish publication Aurora de Chile, the first periodical in Chilean history Philadelphia Aurora, 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 (2019 film), a Finnish film Aurora (TV series), a Spanish-language telenovela "Aurora" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis Aurora Community Channel, an Australian TV channel Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), the title character from the animated film Sleeping Beauty Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty character in Once Upon a Time
Gaming Aurora Engine, a BioWare game engine Aurora Gaming, a Serbian esports organization Sega Aurora, a gaming hardware platform Aurora, a gaming PC brand by Alienware Aurora, the main protagonist from the role-playing video game Child of Light The Aurora, a crashed spaceship in the survival adventure game Subnautica
Music Works Aurora (opera), 1908, by Ettore Panizza Aurora (tone poem), an orchestral tone poem by William Lloyd Webber
Bands and artists Aurora (singer) (born 1996), Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora (Christian band), an American/British girl group Aurora (electronic music group), a British group Aurora (punk band), 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 (Yes album), 2026 Aurora, a 2009 album by Avishai Cohen Aurora, a 1995 album by Crash Vegas Aurora, a 2013 album by Joey Moe Aurora, a 2023 album by Nikolija
Songs "Aurora" (Daniela Lalita song), 2026 "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 "Aurora", a song by Ateez from Treasure EP.3: One to All "Aurora", a song by Björk from Vespertine "Aurora", a song by Ensiferum from Winter Storm "L'aurora", a song by Eros Ramazzotti from Dove c'è musica "Aurora", a song by Gloria Trevi from De Película "Aurora", a song by Hans Zimmer "Aurora", a song by Hope for the Dying from Legacy "Aurora", a song by Lapush from Someplace Closer to Here "Aurora", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Aurora "Aurora 2", a Susumu Hirasawa remix of "Aurora" from Solar Ray "Aurora", a song by Vanessa Mae from Storm "Aurora", a song by Moka Only from I'm Delighted "Aurora", a song by Veruca Salt from Tank Girl
Organizations Aurora (pen manufacturer), an Italian manufacturer Aurora Cannabis, a Canadian licensed producer of medical cannabis Aurora Energy (disambiguation), various electricity companies Aurora Film Corporation, an Indian film production and distribution company Aurora Flight Sciences (a.k.a. Aurora), flight research subsidiary of Boeing Aurora Health Care, a health care system in Wisconsin, US Aurora Innovation, an American self-driving car company Aurora (university network), a network of European universities Aurora Plastics Corporation, 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), the American subsidiary of Japanese publisher Ohzora Publishing Aurora (chain), a Ukrainian chain of shops
Science and technology Astronomy 94 Aurora, an asteroid Aurora 7, the second American spacecraft to orbit the Earth Aurora Flight Sciences (a.k.a. Aurora), flight research subsidiary of Boeing Aurora on Mars, 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, an enzyme Aurora (grape) or Aurore, a hybrid wine grape variety
Computing
High performance computing Aurora (supercomputer), a Exascale-class supercomputer at the U.S.-based Argonne National Laboratory Aurora, a supercomputer produced by Eurotech NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA, a vector processing architecture from NEC Amazon Aurora, a high-performance database developed by Amazon
Other uses in 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 Aurora OS, formerly named Eeebuntu OS, a discontinued Ubuntu-based OS for netbooks Aurora (protocol), 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, a 2009 cyber attack Aurora, a text-to-image model used by Grok (chatbot) and developed by xAI Aurora, a tablet in the NOVO7 series Aurora, a version of the Firefox browser AURORA, an entrant in the NIST hash function competition
Transportation Aerospace Aurora (aircraft), a rumored American reconnaissance aircraft Aurora (airline), a Russian airline Aurora D8, an airliner concept currently under development Lockheed CP-140 Aurora, a maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Canadian Air Force Aurora Space Station, a concept for a commercial space station Aurora Flight Sciences (a.k.a. Aurora), flight research subsidiary of Boeing
Automobiles Aurora (1957 automobile), an American automobile Aurora Solar Car Huanghai Aurora, a Chinese mid-size SUV Oldsmobile Aurora, 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, seasonal passenger service on the Alaska Railroad Aurora, a locomotive of the South Devon Railway Comet class in Britain Aurora, brand name for British Rail Class 810 passenger trains
Road Aurora Boulevard, 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., a Guatemalan football club Aurora FC (Canada), a Canadian soccer club Club Aurora, a Bolivian football club FBC Aurora, a Peruvian football club Aurora Seriate Calcio, a defunct Italian football club Aurora Pro Patria 1919, an Italian football club S.P. Aurora, a defunct Sammarinese football club
Other uses Jagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), Indian soldier Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, an international humanitarian award Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project, a proposed solar-powered electricity generator in South Australia
See also
La Aurora (disambiguation) Aurora Airport (disambiguation) Aurore (disambiguation) Arora (disambiguation) Avrora (disambiguation)