Mars is a dusty planet dominated by vast, dry deserts, with no easily accessible sources of liquid water. Much like on Earth, dust is lifted from Mars's surface by wind and rotating air columns, ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has just captured proof of lightning in Mars, which appears to spawn in the whirlwinds that roam its surface.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected electrical sparks in dust devils on the planet Mars. The crackles, which the rover ...

Footage of NASA's Perseverance rover capturing a dust devil on Mars traveling at 12 miles per hour (17 kph) Credit: Space.com ...

Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's Perseverance rover and coming from dust-storm fronts and whirling dust devils.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover saw two dust devils swirl across the surface of the Red Planet before joining together as one. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS ...

Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-31’s AV-8B Harrier 88 sits in front of the squadron’s hangar during the sundown ceremony. (Alan De Herrera) NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, California — The ...

Swirling storm clouds on Jupiter, volcanoes on its moon Io, and a dancing dust devil on Mars feature this week in our planetary pictures. Additionally, we have beautiful astronomical images from the ...