Discrete aurora on Mars (IMAGE)

University of Iowa

Discrete aurora on Mars

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Researchers led by the University of Iowa have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. In a new study, the physicists report discrete aurora form through the interaction of the solar wind and the crust at Mars’ southern hemisphere

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