NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars

NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars
NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to Earth-based auroras. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into Earth’s atmosphere is happening at […]
Categories: Goddard Space Flight Center, Mars, Mars Exploration Program, MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN), Missions, NASA Centers & Facilities, NASA Directorates, Planetary Science Division, Planets, Science Mission Directorate, The Solar System
Published (UTC): 2026-07-23T15:19:33.000Z
Original source: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/maven/nasas-maven-illuminates-new-understanding-of-auroras-at-mars/