New Mars Discovery: NASA Witnesses Stunning Auroras For The First Time by Victor Awogbemila — Thursday, May 15, 2025, 04:57 PM EDT Comments ...

[1/2]The first visible-light image of a green aurora on Mars (left), taken by NASA's Perseverance rover, is seen next to a comparison image showing the night sky without the aurora but featuring ...

NASA's Perseverance rover took the first image of an aurora, left, from the surface of Mars on March 18, 2024. The image, right, is the sky without an aurora for comparison.Credit: Knutsen et al ...

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 ...

Mars does not have a global magnetic field, “so the charged particles bombarded all of Mars at the same time, which leads to this planet-wide aurora,” Knutsen tells Reuters ’ Will Dunham.

Astronomers have finally captured visible auroras dazzling the skies above Mars — and they're unlike anything we see on Earth. The spectacular discovery was made using NASA's Perseverance rover.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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 ...

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. sc… ...

While auroras can be brilliant, as often seen in Earth's northernmost and southernmost regions, the one observed on Mars was quite faint.

Previous auroras observed at Mars appeared only in the ultraviolet, but this one was in the visible wavelength. It resulted from a solar flare in March 2024 that was followed by a coronal mass ...

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. sc… ...