NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet.

NASA's Perseverance rover has snapped pictures of a visible-light aurora from the Martian surface. It is the first time an aurora has been observed from the surface of a planet other than Earth, and the first time visible auroras have been seen on Mars.

It’s the first documentation of a Martian aurora that can be seen with the naked eye. For the first time, scientists have captured the visible green lights of an aurora from the surface of Mars. The spectacle shined uniformly across the whole Martian night sky,