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Lights on Mars! NASA rover photographs visible auroras on Red Planet for the first time

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NASA 's Perseverance rover captured the first -ever photo of "naked eye" auroras on Mars .

The alien light show was captured after the Red Planet was battered by a powerful solar storm last year .

It is believed to be the first auroras anywhere in the solar system to be captured using only visible wavelengths of light.

Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science .

He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter before training to be a journalist.

His recent work on the solar maximum won "best space submission" at the 2024 Aerospace Media Awards.

He also writes Live Science's weekly Earth from space series.