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The most powerful solar storm recorded at Mars in the current solar cycle has just given scientists a stark preview of what a human presence on the Red Planet will really face. Radiation levels spiked ...

The Mars Curiosity rover had to weather a solar storm. Specks seen in the video the rover captured are "caused by charged ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the landscape. Mars is often portrayed as a dry, empty world, but the planet is ...

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 seemingly unstoppable Mars rover Opportunity has been knocked out by a gigantic dust storm that is enveloping the red planet and blotting out the sun. Officials said Wednesday they're hopeful ...

Scientists now have proof that Mars' dusty storms can generate mini lightning, putting to rest decades of speculation. The discovery came from a microphone aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, a lab on ...

For the first time, we can see and hear lightning-like discharges in Mars' thin atmosphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA ...

Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry summer's day. The source of these shocks is a spark discharge, occurring between your body and the body of the car.