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

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

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

NASA’s JPL launches the Rover Operations Center to advance Moon and Mars surface missions, integrating AI, rover autonomy, and partnerships with commercial and academic organizations for future ...

This video highlights the Rover Operations Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A center of excellence for current and ...

NASA’s Artemis IV mission, slated for launch in 2028, will feature a groundbreaking mini rover designed to study one of the ...

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

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

NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

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 ...

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...