[And he listens, trying to wrap his mind around that. Which yes, he deeply appreciates him simplifying it because let's face it- even if Allen's reading up on space he's still very much a guy who never attended school]

So they're caused when a strong wind from a star hits a planet's magnetic field....

[Huh okay, he could get that. He knows what magnets are so...magnetic field must be an invisible force field that has to do with that]

But then why do they only happen at the poles?