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

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 ...

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

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 ...

So, Mars does have storms, but they’re far drier and dustier than the thunderstorms on Earth. Scientists are continually ...

Martian dust creates frictional electricity that can change the planet's chemical composition.

As plans for Moon bases gather pace across the globe, battery science may decide whether humans can live beyond Earth.