For the first time, we can see and hear lightning-like discharges in Mars' thin atmosphere.

Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry summer's day.

Learn about the latest recordings of dust devils on Mars, revealing the sound of electrical discharges in the atmosphere.

Dust on Mars has a new voice. What once looked like silent red storms now crackles with tiny sparks, as if the planet were ...

Scientists used data from NASA's Perseverance rover to find tiny lightning bolts on Mars that could scour biosignatures off ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected electric sparks in dust devils and storms on Mars, with the US-based space agency saying that this discovery "dramatically changes" our understanding of the Red ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomenon has now been confirmed through ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Three Martian dust devils can be ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

Static-like discharges spotted in dust whirlwinds.