The Navcam scene (the average background image, top panel) and each dust devil image processed to dust amount (five lower panels), masking out only the truly indeterminate areas (grey). The colour ...

Perseverance has recorded 'snapping' sounds and small electrical shocks in Martian dust storms and whirlwinds. This settles a long-running debate about whether electrical discharges exist in the ...

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

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 ...

NASA's Perseverance rover recorded a wind gust on Mars with its onboard microphone, sending the recording back for humanity's fist time hearing the wind on Mars.