Mars probe discovers 'shocking' new aurora - DW (English)


4/27/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)

The Emirates Mars Mission says it's a first: They have spotted a worm-like aurora that stretches halfway round Mars. It looks like our northern lights.

At first glance, it looks just like our own northern lights on Earth. But this aurora is over 55 million kilometers (40 million miles) away on Mars. And the researchers who spotted it say it is somet… [+6919 chars]

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