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

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Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an energetic and electrically charged environment where dust storms and dust devils ...

Mars may look quiet from a distance, but up close it is anything but ...

Mars isn’t just dusty—it crackles with electricity. Scientists discovered that dust devils can generate tiny electric sparks, captured for the first time by Perseverance’s microphone. These static ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected the first-ever evidence of lightning on Mars, characterized by sharp crackles during dust devils. These small, centimeter-scale discharges, caused by friction ...

Dust on Mars has a new voice. Using a simple microphone on NASA's Perseverance rover, a French-led team has recorded dozens of faint, static-like zaps from dust devils and storm fronts in Jezero ...