Solar Flare Hits Earth and Mars
By Ker Than
Staff Writer, Space.com
posted: 23 February 2006
02:02 pm ET

This refers to the following paper being published in the February 24, 2006, issue of Science:

Effects of Solar Flares on the Ionosphere of Mars
Michael Mendillo, Paul Withers, David Hinson, Henry Rishbeth, and Bodo Reinisch
Science 311, 1135-1138 (2006).

MARSDAILY

- Scientists Discover Mars' Atmosphere Altered By Solar Flares

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Scientis...lar_Flares.html

Boston MA (SPX) Feb 23, 2006 - Astronomers said Thursday they have uncovered the
first clear evidence that solar flares can affect the upper atmosphere of Mars.
A team at Boston University said their studies of X-ray bursts from the Sun in
April 2001 that reached Mars show the phenomena caused dramatic enhancements to
the planet's ionosphere - the region where the Sun's ultraviolet and X-rays are
absorbed by atoms and molecules in the atmosphere.

- Martian Gardens

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Martian_Gardens.html