NASA's MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars

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This illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars' atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA's MAVEN mission.<br>Credit: NASA/GSFChttps://www.universetoday.com/article_images/PIA22076_20260809_180057.jpg" width="1280" />

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.

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