On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.

Microphone recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover have turned up more than 50 instances of lightning on the red planet over the past four years, a new study finds.

Imagine the thrill of detecting lightning on another planet. Recently, scientists have achieved just that by capturing what they believe to be lightning on Mars, thanks to the Perseverance rover. This ...

The researchers examined 28 hours of audio recordings, documenting 55 episodes of what they consider to be “mini lightning” over two Martian years.

In a study published Nov. 26 in Nature, Baptiste Chide, a postdoctoral fellow in planetary acoustics at Los Alamos National ...

A French-led team reported that a rover's microphone captured the crackle of electrical discharges, documenting 55 instances ...

Scientists have caught Mars's atmosphere crackling with static, uncovering evidence of miniature lightning in its dust storms.

Scientists have successfully detected lightning on Mars for the first time by capturing the crackling sounds of electrical ...

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

In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA's Perseverance rover has captured the sounds of lightning on Mars for the very first time. This significant discovery, detailed in a recent study published in ...