Ka taƙaita labarin:  Duniya na iya zama shaida ga abubuwan ban mamaki na aurora, amma ba komai bane idan aka kwatanta da abin da za'a iya gani a duniyar Mars. Saboda duniyar Mars tana da yanayi mai kauri, barbashi mai kuzari na rana ya buge ta kai tsaye kuma ya shiga cikin zurfin samar da haske mai haske da kuma nuna haske. Kuma halayensu ba koyaushe suke bin ƙa'idodin da ake da su ba. Masana kimiyya na NASA kwanan nan sun yi mamakin gano aurora wanda ya kai zurfin cikin yanayin Mars. Hoton mai zane na Maven's Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph (IUVS) yana lura da "Hasken Kirsimeti Aurora" a duniyar Mars. Binciken Maven ya nuna cewa aurora a duniyar Mars yayi kama da "Hasken Arewa" na Duniya amma ya shiga cikin zurfin yanayi. Duniya tana da garkuwa mai ƙarfi da ake kira magnetosphere, wadda take kāre yanayin da ke cikinta daga hasken rana. Aurora yana faruwa ne a duniya saboda wasu daga cikin hasken rana sun sami nasarar karya wannan garkuwar. Mars, duk da haka, kawai yana da yanayi mai mahimmanci. An rasa magnetosphere dinta biliyoyin shekaru da suka gabata yana mai da duniyar da take da ruwa zuwa duniyar da muke gani a yau. Lokacin da barbashi na hasken rana ya buga duniyar ja, za su iya buga yanayin kai tsaye kuma su shiga cikin zurfin samar da haske mai haske da kuma haske mai haske. Maven's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) ya kuma lura da abin da masana kimiyya suka kira 'hasken Kirsimeti.' Kwana biyar kafin ranar 25 ga Disamba, Maven ya ga haske mai haske na ultraviolet auroral ya rufe arewacin Mars. Aurora, da aka sani a duniya a matsayin hasken arewaci ko kudancin, ana haifar da su ne ta hanyar ƙwayoyin kuzari kamar electrons da ke faɗuwa cikin sararin samaniya kuma suna sa iskar gas ta haskaka. 'Abin da ke da ban mamaki game da aurora da muka gani shi ne yadda zurfin yanayi yake faruwa - zurfi fiye da a Duniya ko wani wuri a duniyar Mars,' in ji Arnaud Stiepen, memba na ƙungiyar IUVS a Jami'ar Colorado. 'Electrons da ke samar da shi dole ne su kasance masu kuzari sosai.' Tushen abubuwan da ke da kuzari kamar dai rana ce. Na'urar Maven ta Solar Energetic Particle ta gano babban tashin hankali a cikin lantarki mai kuzari a farkon...
Mai binciken Maven ya hango hasken ultraviolet na auroral a arewacin duniya. Abin mamaki shi ne yadda zurfin yanayin aurora ya faru. An kuma gano ƙura har zuwa mil 190 (kilomita 300) sama da farfajiyar duniyar. Babu wani tsari da aka sani a duniyar Mars da zai iya bayyana bayyanar girgijen ƙura.