Spooky alien lights were photographed on Mars by the spacecraft

A special “polar” light was captured in the atmosphere of Mars by an Arab spacecraft.

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A UAE marching probe called Hope arrived on Mars in early 2021 and has been continuously exploring the red planet ever since. The newly published images were taken by his ultraviolet spectrometer, which shows glowing oxygen atoms in the night sky of Mars, writes Science Alert scientific portal.

The complete data set collected during the observations also includes extreme ultraviolet auroral emissions that have not previously been recorded on Mars. – writes in a statement issued by the Arab Space Agency.

The “polar” light that can be seen on Mars is reminiscent of the Earth, but at the same time different from it. The light of the red planet, for example, has not been observed with the naked eye so far, it has only been detected by sensitive devices in the ultraviolet range. However, their formation is very similar: charged particles from the solar wind penetrate the thin Martian atmosphere and interact with the gases there – oxygen in the case of Mars.

During the process, the oxygen ionizes and begins to glow.

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On Earth, ionized particles migrate along the planet’s magnetic lines toward the poles, which is why polar light is observed at higher latitudes.

In the initial period of Mars, the magnetic field ceased to exist.

However, the remnants of the former magnetosphere were preserved by the magnetized rocks of the crust.

Because of this, Martian lights shine scattered in spots in the sky.

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Researchers hope the new recordings will get them closer to finding out why the red planet’s magnetic field has disappeared and Mars has become an inanimate world.

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