Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

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Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

Dust on Mars has a new voice. What once looked like silent red storms now crackles with tiny sparks, as if the planet were ...

Dust devils on Mars generate tiny electrical sparks. This could help explain how the Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface are ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected electric sparks in dust devils and storms on Mars, with the US-based space agency ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomenon has now been confirmed through ...