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NASA rover records Martian lightning and it sounds nothing like thunder

On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the ...
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Hear dust devils on Mars crackle with electricity in new NASA Perseverance rover video

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

NASA Rover Makes a Shocking Discovery: Lightning on Mars

The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere. By Kenneth Chang It is shocking but not surprising. Lightning crackles on Mars, scientists ...

How sound moves on Mars

Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both ...

Mars rover records 'snap' sounds of electric sparks in twisters. Listen

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NASA's Perseverance rover captures sounds of lightning on Mars for first time

Researchers say more than 50 instances of lightning on Mars were detected on audio recordings from the Perseverance rover — the first time such data has been captured. The team suggested dust devils ...
scmp.com

Lightning on Mars? Scientists believe they have captured its sound on tape

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by Nasa’s Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a ...
Mint

NASA's Perseverance rover spots unusual iron-nickel rock that could be a ‘visitor’ to Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered an unusual iron- and nickel-rich rock on Mars that scientists believe may be a meteorite — a fragment that originated elsewhere in the solar system. During its ...
Fox News

Perseverance rover spots mysterious 'visitor from outer space' rock on Mars surface after 4 years

NASA’s Perseverance rover may have stumbled on a visitor from outer space – a strange, shiny rock on Mars that scientists think could be a meteorite forged in the heart of an ancient asteroid.
Astronomy on MSN

Perseverance captures the sound of lightning on Mars

In a study published Nov. 26 in Nature, Baptiste Chide, a postdoctoral fellow in planetary acoustics at Los Alamos National ...
Space.com

After 5 years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover may have found its 1st meteorite (photos)

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has found a possible meteorite on the surface ...

Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover. A French-led team reported Wednesday that the ...