In a study published Nov. 26 in Nature, Baptiste Chide, a postdoctoral fellow in planetary acoustics at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and his team report what they believe to be the first evidence ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical ...

One of NASA's robotic rovers on Mars has for the first time ever detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on the planet's surface. While scientists have long theorized ...

FILE - This image provided by NASA, shows a selfie of their Perseverance Mars rover, on July 23, 2024. The image is made up of 62 individual images that were stitched together. (NASA via AP, file) ...

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 ...

A selfie of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, on July 23, 2024. The image is made up of 62 individual images that were stitched together. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have detected what they ...