For decades, scientists suspected that Martian dust storms might crackle with electricity, but they had never caught the planet in the act. Now NASA has recorded the unmistakable signature of ...

The first clear crackle of Martian lightning has finally reached human ears, captured by a microphone bolted to a rover nearly 250 million kilometers away. In a few seconds of audio, the Perseverance ...

Mars has not always been a seemingly lifeless red desert. We have evidence that billions of years ago it had a warm, habitable climate with liquid water in lakes and flowing rivers, which is somewhat ...

The Perseverance rover is bristling with scientific instruments and cameras, but it can only do so much on the surface of Mars. Thus, NASA plans to transport the rover's samples back to Earth in the ...