These sparks happen from accumulation of static electric charge—often arising from two different materials rubbing together.

Jezero Crater is the home of NASA's Perseverance rover. See a bird's-eye view of the crater with this animated flyover ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found kaolinite clay in Mars' Jezero Crater, proving ancient heavy rainfall and tropical-like ...

Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the moon during the Artemis IV ...

Adrian Broz, a research associate at Purdue, published findings in his scientific journal after NASA discovered a collection ...

NASA will award the University of Colorado Boulder $24.8 million to build two space instruments that the agency has selected ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomenon has now been confirmed through ...

Kaolinite discovery shows Mars once hosted long-term rainfall and humid conditions, strengthening the case for a habitable ancient climate.