Mars Aurora: NASA Shares Stunning Photos From Earth & Mars

KOMPAS.com – Of all the planets in the solar system, Mars is the most intensive object studied by scientists from the earth.

The distance is “only” around 33.9 million miles from Earth and there have been a number of important findings before, making this red planet the main candidate for the search for life outside the earth.

Over the years, Mars showed a number of interesting indications, ranging from traces of ancient life, evidence of atmospheric activity in the past, to geological discoveries such as sulfur, carbonate minerals, and unique deposition on its surface.

Now, one more extraordinary achievement is recorded in Mars’s exploration.

Thanks to the rare space alignment alignment, Perseverance Rover or Robot Explorer Nasa managed to capture the stunning green light (Aurora) on the Jezero Crater on Mars.

This phenomenon occurred on March 22, 2024, only a few days after Mars was hit by a solar storm.

So, what exactly is the aurora form on Mars?

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How is Aurora on Mars formed?

wikimedia.org/Senior Airman Joshua Strang Aurora Borealist Illustration on Earth.

According to NASA’s report on Wednesday (5/14/2025), Aurora on Mars was triggered by a large solar storm that occurred on March 15, 2024, before the peak of the solar activity cycle.

At that time, the sun exuded a large bursts and coronal mass (CME), which is a gas explosion and magnetic magnetic energy that brought many high -charged particles.

This explosion spreads throughout the solar system and caused aurora in various planets, including Mars.

Perseverance who was in the crater of Jezero, managed to capture the aurora light directly from the surface of Mars for the first time in history.

“This interesting discovery opened a new possibility for Aurora’s research and confirmed that Aurora could be seen by the future astronauts on the surface of Mars,” said Elise Knutsen, researcher from Oslo University in Norwegian and the lead authors of studies at Science Advances.

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Aurora Mars is different from the earth

On earth, aurora is formed when solar particles interact with the planet’s magnetic field, which directs it to the poles and makes it triggered with gases in the atmosphere so as to produce light beams.

The green color that is often seen is caused by an excited oxygen atom and emit light at a wavelength of 557.7 nanometers.

Over the years, scientists have suspected that a similar aurora can also occur in Mars, although it is expected to be much more dim and difficult to observe compared to Aurora on earth.