Mars has long been pictured as a cold, quiet desert, its famous dust storms more cinematic backdrop than active player in the ...

Mars isn’t just dusty—it crackles with electricity. Scientists discovered that dust devils can generate tiny electric sparks, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded sounds from Mars dust devils and revealed tiny electric sparks shaping the planet’s ...

Dust on Mars has a new voice. What once looked like silent red storms now crackles with tiny sparks, as if the planet were whispering with electricity right under your feet. For the first time, ...

Mars is a dusty planet dominated by vast, dry deserts, with no easily accessible sources of liquid water. Much like on Earth, ...

New evidence from NASA, published in the journal Nature, shows that the Martian surface might be even less hospitable than ...

For the first time, we can see and hear lightning-like discharges in Mars' thin atmosphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA ...

The study presents the first in-situ evidence of electrical activity in the Martian atmosphere, identifying 55 distinct triboelectric discharge events. These electrical discharges, unlike terrestrial ...

The Martian atmosphere is primarily characterized by a dust cycle that exhibits significant interannual variability, largely driven by episodic Global Dust Storms (GDSs). In a 50-year simulation, the ...

NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars did not return a call from Earth yesterday (June 12) while enduring a massive dust storm that scientists have called "one of the most intense ever observed." "The ...