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

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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.