Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology

Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology

The Sun can send out eruptions of energetic particles. NASA/SDO via APMost days, you can look up and see the Sun shining above. Even if it’s hidden behind clouds, you know it’s there, lighting up the sky. But while the Sun’s light might be relatively constant, its surface is surprisingly active. If you hopped on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe for a closeup view of the Sun, you might see spurts of charged gas called solar flares coming off its surface…