NASA has discovered strong evidence for ancient life on Mars, a potentially groundbreaking finding for humanity. In this ...

For decades, scientists have imagined Martian life as something that might look faintly familiar, perhaps microbes not so ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...

The faraway moon has 'a slushy high-pressure ice layer' similar to the melting Arctic that could hide extraterrestrial life.

It's one of life's biggest questions - are we alone in the universe? Now, one of Britain's top space scientists has declared ...

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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 ...

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Dust devils on Mars could be brewing electric currents, and scientists may have just heard them strike the arid landscape in a first-of-its-kind discovery. Planetary scientists detected new evidence ...

Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of ...

The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms. Daniel Mitchard is at the Lightning Laboratory, ...