More people Googled 'northern lights' in May 2024 than in any other month in history

[Admin]

More people Googled 'northern lights' in May 2024 than in any other month in Google's history. Here we explore the science behind the search trends and uncover why May saw such a spike in sun-related searches.

More people Googled 'northern lights' in May 2024 than in any other month in history : Read more

 

[Anamrakarmana]

I've been lurking on Space.com for a reallly long time, and you finally got me to register! I love Space.com, but had to comment on this one. Just your headline, that's all. The sensationalism embellished in this is really over the top. "In history"? I mean, sure... definitely more than it was Googled in 1775, or 1803, without a doubt. But did you fact check against how many Googled it in 1939? I mean, a lot of folks really had a lot of time on their hands to watch the northern lights that year.

Now, if the headline said, "since 1997," you'd have me hands down!

 

[billslugg]

Yes, the headline is misleading, but later on it says "in Google's history". This is the kind of mistake humans don't usually make, but bots do.

 

[Unclear Engineer]

Bill, You seem to be "seeing" things from "bots" a lot, recently.

Why are you thinking headlines that are misleading are the products of "bots"? I have been seeing the same sort of thing from well before we had any "bots".