Most of us have been there: you’re having a roasty toasty day in the sun, making sand castles on the beach or playing at your favorite playground. But then you realize, oops – you forgot the sunscreen! And all that sunshine gives you a not-so-fun sunburn. But could this happen in outer space too? We asked space scientist and communicator Maggie Aderin-Pocock to help us find the answer.

Got a burning question? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help you get the skin-ny on that topic.