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

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

After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it ...

Bizarre 'bleached' rocks on the surface of Mars suggest that the Red Planet was once a tropical oasis, a new study reveals.

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

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 ...

The Perseverance Mars rover captures a super rare phenomenon for the first time caused by dust devils on the surface of the ...

NASA’s new ESCAPADE mission is set to uncover the mysteries of Mars’ atmospheric loss, offering crucial insights into how the ...

Listen as a dust devil sweeps past the Perseverance rover, producing tiny pops of thunder as it generates sparks of static ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected electric sparks in dust devils and storms on Mars, with the US-based space agency ...

NASA’s first Mars helicopter turned a risky experiment into a new way of exploring another world, and now its successors are ...