The first clear crackle of Martian lightning has finally reached human ears, captured by a microphone bolted to a rover ...

Learn about the latest recordings of dust devils on Mars, revealing the sound of electrical discharges in the atmosphere.

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Sporosarcina pasteurii is a ureolytic powerhouse. You feed it urea (a compound conveniently found in human urine) and calcium ...

NASA's Perseverance rover captured groundbreaking video and audio of electrical discharges and miniature sonic booms within ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

Dust devils on Mars generate tiny electrical sparks. This could help explain how the Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface are ...

The European Space Agency shared a striking Mars image. It shows a crater shaped like butterfly wings. The photograph came ...

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 ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...

Andy Weir talks about his work on the upcoming movie version of Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, a computer programmer turned novelist, packs his books with real science. He brought that attention to ...