Discovery of a proton aurora at Mars

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Astronomy, July 2018

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An Eerie New Kind of Martian Aurora Has Been Discovered by Scientists

Science Alert, 01 Sep 2022

A map of solar wind raining down on the planet.

Researchers explain how auroras are formed on Mars without a global magnetic field

Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2022

The phenomenon is not exclusive to Earth.

UAE's Hope Spacecraft Captures Mars' Beautiful Glowing Auroras

Interesting Engineering, 04 Jul 2021

Until now, proton aurorae have been observed at Earth only.

Proton Aurora Discovered on Mars

Brinkwire, 25 Jul 2018

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has found a new type of Martian aurora that occurs over much

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