Green curtains, red crowns, violet fringes: auroras are one of the best light shows in nature. Miracle Chibuzor Marcel follows the whole chain, from the solar wind through Earth’s magnetosphere down to the atoms of the upper atmosphere, and explains why the colours change and when to look up.

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