On the Red Planet, aurorae glow green because the charged particles collide with oxygen atoms high above Mars. They may be bright enough that astronauts on Mars could spot them with their naked eye.

An artist's impression of how the aurora might appear in the Martian sky above the Perseverance rover. | Credit: Alex McDougall-Page, University of Strathclyde / AstrollCareers. Mars may be known as ...

Scientists can now predict Mars' green auroras - glowing signs of solar storms - which could protect future astronauts on the ...

For the second time, NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully captured visible green auroras on Mars, an astonishing achievement that significantly enhances our understanding of the Red Planet’s ...

Scientists using NASA’s Perseverance rover have captured visible green auroras on Mars and developed tools to predict them. Planetary scientists say they can now forecast when a green aurora will ...

Aurora enthusiasts witnessed breathtaking displays after a “secret” island in a coronal hole triggered a strong geomagnetic ...

Because all earthly life shares a common origin, finding a second tree of life would forever change humanity’s understanding ...

"The fact that we captured the aurora again demonstrates that our method for predicting aurorae on Mars and capturing them works." Mars may be known as the Red Planet, but under the right cosmic ...