At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen.

  News   Nov 26, 2025   0   6  Add to Reading List
At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved
On Earth, lightning can occur in turbulent clouds of volcanic ash. Now researchers have found evidence of sparks in Martian dust devils.

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen.

(Image credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/University of Arizona)

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