UAE’s Hope Probe Captures Mysterious Auroras In The Martian Atmosphere on Mars

July 2020 launched the United Arab Emirates Space Agency’s first interplanetary mission, the Hope Probe mission aimed at studying the Martian atmospheric layers in detail has emerged as one of the most successful interplanetary missions of the past 10 years.

Recently, the spacecraft has taken some incredible pictures of auroras (natural light displays) in Mars’ atmosphere, which are very similar to those seen on Earth.

Although there are some dissimilarities between the two auroras, the auroras captured in the Martian atmosphere were so massive that they spread halfway around the Red Planet.

The never before seen phenomenon has been named “Sinuous Discrete Aurora” by Hope team.

According to scientists, the aurora consists of long worm-like stripes of energized electron emission in the upper environment.

“When we first mirrored Mars’ discrete aurora shortly after the Hope probe’s appearance at Mars in 2021, we knew we had disclosed a new possibility to make observations never before possible on this scale, and we took the decision to increase our focus on these auroras,” Emirates Mars Mission Science Lead, Hessa Al Matroushi said in a statement.

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In the statement, Emirates Mars Mission added that the probe observed these auroras that lengthen for several thousands of kilometers, extending from the dayside into the nightside of the Red Planet.