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A massive solar storm hits Mars, revealing a risk for future astronauts on the red planet
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA solar storm hit Mars after the sun unleashed a massive flare in May. Orbiters and the Curiosity...
Radiation Surge on Mars: NASA Watches Red Planet Light Up During Epic Solar Storm
SciTechDaily· 19 hours agoIn addition to producing stunning auroras, a recent extreme storm provided more detail on how much...
Mars Was Hit With a Solar Storm Days After Earth's Aurora Light Show, NASA Says
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoDays after solar storms spurred widespread sightings of auroras across Earth in early May, a new bout of eruptions on the sun brought glowing skies to another planet: Mars. From pole to pole ...
Radiation will be a real challenge for Mars colonists, powerful solar storm shows
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA powerful solar storm in May 2024 created auroras on Mars and provided scientists with crucial...
See the impacts an epic solar storm had on the Red Planet
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Sun has been active as of late as the giant star is in a period of peak activity known as the...
NASA’s ICESat-2 Satellite Survives Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years
SciTechDaily· 7 days agoFollowing the strongest solar storm in twenty years, NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite was put into a safe...
Remember the northern lights last month? See how that solar storm impacted Mars’ surface
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“There have been several solar events in past weeks, so we were seeing wave after wave of particles...
Mars Got Cooked by a Recent Solar Storm
New York Times· 5 days agoThe sun fired off a volley of radiation-riddled outbursts in May. When they slammed into Earth’s magnetic bubble, the world was treated to iridescent...
Radiation could pose challenge to putting people on Mars
The Hill· 3 days agoA record-setting solar storm made the aurora borealis visible as far south as North Carolina,...
MAVEN Detects Auroras During Solar Storm in 2024
NASA· 6 days agoClick here for animation (.gif, 141.2 MB)Click here for animation (.mp4, 6.7 MB)The purple color in this animated GIF shows auroras across Mars'...