NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet. European and U.S ...

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet.

Today Mars has no visible aurora, but it does have ultraviolet aurora. These are known as proton aurora, and they occur with the solar wind strikes hydrogen atoms in the upper atmosphere of Mars.

On Earth, the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, are created when energized particles from the Sun interact with our planet’s magnetic field. While Mars is also blasted with the same space ...

MAVEN was launched to Mars on Nov. 18, 2013, to help solve the mystery of how the Red Planet lost most of its atmosphere and much of its water. The spacecraft arrived at Mars on Sept. 21, and is ...

When charged particles from a solar storm reached Mars this month, they set off an aurora 25 times brighter and with surface-level radiation readings twice as high as any previous measurements. NASA's ...

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet. European ...

This image by NASA’s Perseverance shows evidence of a visible aurora on Mars on March 18, 2024. (NASA via AP) MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Posted: May 14, 2025 / 01:03 PM CDT Updated: May 14 ...

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet. European and U.S ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet. European and U.S ...

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet.