Scientists have known that Mars is rich in strange chemicals, especially chlorine-based compounds found by orbiters, rovers, ...

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 ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected the first-ever evidence of lightning on Mars, characterized by sharp crackles during ...

Mars has long been pictured as a cold, quiet desert, its famous dust storms more cinematic backdrop than active player in the planet’s story. New measurements are overturning that image, revealing ...

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, ...

NASA's seemingly unstoppable Mars rover Opportunity has been knocked out by a gigantic dust storm that is enveloping the red planet and blotting out the sun. Officials said Wednesday they're hopeful ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

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