A storm from the Sun can make a planet’s sky glow or a spacecraft’s computer stumble. At Mars in May 2024, it did both, just without the auroras people photographed on Earth.

NASA has always made it a point to encourage us citizen scientists to lend them a hand. Right now, they could really use your help protecting Earth against waves of punishing, disruptive solar winds.

Eyes to the sky tonight, for a chance to spot another amazing display of the Northern Lights! It all comes down to the exact timing of when a speedy solar storm sweeps past us as it blasts away from ...