Planetary scientists believe they can now predict the green glow of an aurora in the night sky above Mars, and they have the ...

On the Red Planet, aurorae glow green because the charged particles collide with oxygen atoms high above Mars. They may be ...

Planetary scientists believe they can now predict the occurrence of green auroras in the Martian night sky, and they have images to prove it.

Solar storms are dangerous for future Mars astronauts. Predicting aurora helps warn about incoming radiation bursts.

Scientists have observed a fascinating green glow in the Martian night sky for the first time. The visible nightglow was detected in the atmosphere of the Red Planet by the European Space Agency's ...

Scientists just observed Mars' eerie green nightglow in the visible light spectrum for the very first time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A simulated view of what Mars' night sky might look like at its poles. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ.– E. W. Knutsen The night sky at Mars' poles looks nothing like our own ...

Scientists just observed Mars' nightglow in the visible light spectrum for the very first time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission has detected a soft green glow in the night sky of Mars that is visible to the human eye for the first time. As the orbiter ...

Someday in the future, the first astronauts to explore the north and south poles of Mars may trek across the dusty ice by the eerie green light of oxygen atoms high in the Martian atmosphere. The ...

It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's your handy guide for PA.