This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...

Mars doesn’t have magnetic poles like Earth does, but that doesn’t stop the red planet from experiencing the night sky ...

NASA forecast models only gave a few days’ notice of when a solar storm may hit Mars — similar to aurora forecasts on Earth. The cameras on Perseverance rover weren’t always ready either ...

The science team behind Perseverance wanted to know whether that glow from the Mars aurora could be seen in the visible ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye. That's good news for future ...

On March 15, 2024, near the peak of the current solar cycle, the sun produced a solar flare and an accompanying coronal mass ...

A serendipitous solar outburst let scientists point the robot’s cameras toward the Red Planet’s sky to spot a feature shared with our Blue Marble.

NASA's Perseverance rover has observed an aurora on Mars in visible light for the first time, with the sky glowing softly in green in the first viewing of an aurora from any planetary surface other ...

The first visible-light image of a green aurora on Mars, left, taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover. A comparison image, right, shows the night sky without the aurora but featuring the Martian ...

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 ...