Forget seeing the Great Wall of China from space. Everyone now knows that that’s a falsehood — unless, of course, you have an astronaut peering through a high-powered lens. But one thing you ...

Each rocket will target a different type of aurora, and the data collected will hopefully help researchers better understand what initially set in motion the electrons that create them.

NASA's MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that began on Aug. ... Physicists Explain How Type of Aurora on Mars Is Formed ...