{"id":259490,"date":"2024-09-12T14:17:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/visible-aurora-spotted-for-the-first-time-on-mars-by-nasas-perseverance-rover\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:21","slug":"visible-aurora-spotted-for-the-first-time-on-mars-by-nasas-perseverance-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/visible-aurora-spotted-for-the-first-time-on-mars-by-nasas-perseverance-rover\/","title":{"rendered":"Visible aurora spotted for the first time on Mars by NASA&#8217;s Perseverance rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11155019\/SEI_221124993.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2447629\" data-caption=\"The Perseverance rover is exploring Mars\" data-credit=\"NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The Perseverance rover is exploring Mars<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover has spotted an aurora on Mars that would have been visible to humans. This first sighting of its kind suggests that future astronauts visiting the Red Planet could be in for a light show.<\/p>\n<p>Astronomers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2282573-best-ever-views-of-marss-weird-auroras-taken-by-uaes-hope-orbiter\/\">observed aurorae<\/a>, the light produced when particles or radiation hits a planet\u2019s atmosphere, on Mars since 2005, but all of these displays have only been detected in the form of ultraviolet light, which is invisible to the naked human eye. These mostly come from oxygen in the atmosphere being energised by charged\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2447603-visible-aurora-spotted-for-the-first-time-on-mars-by-nasa-rover\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Perseverance rover is exploring Mars NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover has spotted an aurora on Mars that would have been visible to humans. 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