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. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into Earth’s atmosphere is happening at […]
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Goddard Space Flight Center, Mars, Mars Exploration Program, MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN), Missions, NASA Centers & Facilities, NASA Directorates, Planetary Science Division, Planets, Science Mission Directorate, The Solar System
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July 23, 2026
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