My job is to look at the solar wind, and try and work out when the northern lights may happen. But if the aurorae are just pretty patterns in the sky, you might not think that this is very important! However, aurorae can cause some problems. Follow these links to find out what and how.

Do the aurorae affect us?
What's the connection between aurorae and space weather?
What has twinkling got to do with it?
Tracking the space storms.