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

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

The first global atlas of Martian watersheds reveals 16 huge ancient river systems that once shaped Mars and may hold clues ...

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

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

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

NATIONWIDE — NASA announced on Wednesday that its Perseverance Mars rover may have found signs of ancient microbial life on the red planet. During a teleconference on Wednesday morning, acting NASA ...

NASA is sending two spacecraft to Mars on their new ESCAPADE mission to reveal how space weather robbed it of its atmosphere and turned it dry ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — In the end, poor weather forced Blue Origin on Sunday to scrub its second launch of its New Glenn rocket. It was supposed to send up NASA’s ESCAPADE mission, which ...

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 ...

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