NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye

NASA’s Perseverance Snaps Rare, Eerie View of Mars’ Tiny Moon Before Sunrise

Perseverance caught a hauntingly beautiful glimpse of Mars’ tiny moon Deimos rising in the pre-dawn sky, using a long-exposure shot stitched from 16 images. At 4:27 a.m. local time on March 1, 2025, NASA’s Perseverance rover captured a striking view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, glowing faintly in the pre-dawn sky. It [...]

Martian rock looks like a nest of "spider eggs," baffling scientists

Perseverance discovers egg-like spherules in a Mars rock, now NASA is forming a strategy to investigate this in more detail.

Perseverance Captures Martian Moon Shining in the Sky Before Sunrise

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, which just captured auroras from the Martian surface for the first time, also recently captured a predawn landscape shot that includes Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons.

The researchers found this colorful phenomenon in the atmosphere of the red planet and were excited that astronauts could see it in the future from the Martian surface.

Astronauts Could See Auroras on Mars with their Eyes

Earth's magnetosphere channels particles from solar storms into stunning auroras. Mars lacks a planet-wide magnetic field and has patchy auroras barely detectable with instruments. Or so we thought. New images captured by NASA's Perseverance Rover with its Mastcam-Z instrument show green auroras in visible light. When humans finally walk on Mars and look to the skies, they could possibly see faint auroras there, too.

Astronauts will be able to see it with the naked eye.