Just like our planet, it has been confirmed that Mars is also affected by solar flares
Although astronomers believed for several years that the upper
atmospheres of Mars were affected by solar flares, it wasn't until
recently that there was solid evidence of this claim. A solar
flare is a short outburst of energy from small sections of the sun's
surface. On April 15, 2001, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
first provided scientists with measurements of changes in a layer of
the Red Plane's atmosphere after it experienced a solar flare.
The finding confirms that solar flare radiation
affects the ionospheres of Earth and Mars in similar ways, despite the
different chemical compositions of the planets' atmospheres. Earth's
ionosphere is populated largely by oxygen and nitrogen, while the
Martian ionosphere contains mostly carbon dioxide.
This is an important discovery
because manned missions to Mars may be in the future, which would
require scientists to have a basic understanding of the environment
that surrounds Mars.
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