Over the weekend, millions got to see the Northern Lights as they made an appearance over the US and Europe. That was largely thanks to solar activity coming from the sun. Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Daniel Welling, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, about seeing the Northern Lights and what the solar flare that caused them can mean for humans and infrastructure on Earth.
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