Aurora

Aurora most commonly refers to:

• Aurora (astronomy), a natural light display in the sky
• Aurora (mythology), the Roman goddess of dawn

Aurora may also refer to:

Literature

• Aurora (comics), a Marvel character
• Aurora (literary journal), a literary journal published from 1821 to 1837
• Aurora (planet), a world in Isaac Asimov's fiction
• Aurora (newspaper), an 1899-1957 Swedish publication
• Prix Aurora Awards, a Canadian literature award
• Philadelphia Aurora, a newspaper published from 1794 to 1824
• Aurora-Verlag, a New York based German language publisher co-founded in 1944 by Lion Feuchtwanger
• Aurora (Leiris novel), a novel by Michel Leiris
• Aurora, an airship in the novel Airborn

Music

Groups

• Aurora (electronica band), a British group
• Aurora (German band), a German dark wave band later known as Aurora Sutra
• Aurora (punk band), a Hungarian group
• Aurora (Christian band), an American/British girl group

Albums

• Aurora (Aurora album)
• Aurora (Bada album)
• Aurora (Angela Chang album)
• Aurora (Esmerine album)
• Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)
• Aurora (Nico Touches the Walls album)
• Aurora (Jean-Luc Ponty album)
• Aurora, an album by Avishai Cohen

Songs

• "Aurora", a song by 36 Crazyfists from Rest Inside the Flames
• "Aurora", a song by The Andrews Sisters
• "Aurora", a song by Björk from Vespertine
• "Aurora", a song by Foo Fighters from There Is Nothing Left to Lose
• "Aurora", a song by Hans Zimmer in response to the 2012 Aurora shooting
• "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 Veruca Salt from Tank Girl

Other

• Aurora (opera), an opera by Ettore Panizza
• "Aurora", an orchestral tone poem by William Lloyd Webber

Film and television

• Aurora (1984 film), an Italian drama
• Aurora (2006 film), a Ukrainian film
• Aurora (2010 film), a Romanian crime story
• Aurora Awards, an international film and video competition
• Aurora (telenovela)
• "Aurora" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
  • Aurora class battleship, a ship in the Stargate franchise
• Aurora (Disney), the title character from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty
• Aurora Community Channel, an Australian TV channel
• Daisuke Aurora, a Heat Guy J character

Organisations

Education

• Aurora University, Illinois, United States
• Aurora College, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Aurora College (Invercargill), New Zealand
• Community College of Aurora, Colorado, United States

Companies

• Aurora (pen manufacturer)
• Aurora Energy, an Australian electricity company
• Aurora Health Care
• Aurora Plastics Corporation, an American toy and hobby company

Places

Philippines

• Aurora (province)
• Aurora, Isabela
• Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur

Romania

• Aurora, Cujmir, Mehedinţi County
• Cap Aurora, Mangalia, Constanţa County

United States

• 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, Cayuga County, New York
• Aurora, Erie County, New York
• Aurora, Nevada
• Aurora, North Carolina
• Aurora, Ohio
• Aurora, Oregon
• Aurora County, South Dakota
• Aurora, South Dakota
• Aurora, Texas
• Aurora, Utah
• Aurora Avenue, Seattle, Washington
• 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

• Aurora Islands, phantom isles (once considered near the Falklands)
• 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

Science and technology

Biology

• Aurora (genus), a genus of sponges
• Aurora kinase, an enzyme

Computing

• Aurora (operating system), a netbook OS based on Ubuntu
• Aurora (protocol), a communications protocol
• Aurora SPARC Linux, a Linux distribution
• Operation Aurora, a 2009 cyber attack
• AURORA, an entrant in the NIST hash function competition
• Aurora, a tablet in the NOVO7 series
• Aurora, a version of the Firefox browser

Space

• Aurora programme, a human spaceflight programme of the European Space Agency
• Aurora Flight Sciences, an American aerospace company
• 94 Aurora, an asteroid
• Aurora, an albedo feature on Mercury

Gaming

• Aurora Engine, a BioWare game engine
• Aurora toolset, a toolkit used with the Aurora Engine
• Sega Aurora, a gaming hardware platform
• Aurora Unit, an element of the game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• Aurora, a gaming PC brand by Alienware

Sport

• Aurora Formula One, a motor racing championship
• Aurora F.C., a Guatemalan football club
• Club Aurora, a Bolivian football club

Structures

• Aurora Bridge, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
• Aurora Place, a skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales
• Aurora Stadium, Launceston, Tasmania
• Aurora Tower, a skyscraper in Brisbane, Queensland
• Aurora Wheel, a ferris wheel in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan
• Aurora (sculpture), by Mark di Suvero

Transport

Automobiles

• Aurora (1957 automobile)
• Aurora Solar Car
• Oldsmobile Aurora, launched 1995

Marine

• Russian cruiser Aurora, a key ship in the October Revolution
• SY Aurora, a steam yacht used for Antarctic exploration that made several Antarctic expeditions
• USS Aurora (SP-345), a U.S. Navy tug and minesweeper
• HMS Aurora, several Royal Navy ships
• MV Aurora, several Motor Vessels
• SS Aurora, several steamships

Other

• Aurora (aircraft), a rumored American reconnaissance aircraft
• Lockheed CP-140 Aurora, a maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Canadian Air Force
• Aurora, a South Devon Railway Comet class locomotive

Other uses

• Aurora (name), a feminine given name
• Aurora (grape) or Aurore, a hybrid wine grape variety

People with the surname

• Jagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), Indian soldier

See also

• Aurora 7, a nickname for the Mercury-Atlas 7, the second American spacecraft to orbit the earth
• Aurore (disambiguation)
• Arora (disambiguation)
• Avrora (disambiguation)