During a recent solar storm, NASA's Curiosity rover detected its highest-ever level of radiation reaching the surface of Mars.
A recent outburst from the Sun sent a strong blast of charged particles and radiation towards Mars , allowing scientists to get a rare glimpse at how these events unfold on planets other than Earth.
. At the same time, the space agency’s MAVEN orbiter observed auroras on the far side of Mars, mirroring recent auroral events on Earth. Over the past month, the Sun has emitted a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have traveled all the way to Mars. On May 20, ’s Goddard Space Flight Center tracked the particles, which arrived at Mars within tens of minutes and appeared as black-and-white streaks and specks in Curiosity’s view of the Martian landscape. “Recently, my routine dust monitoring coincided with a major solar event hitting the Red Planet, and the charged particles that hit my camera caused distortions,” the Curiosity rover wrote on X.
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