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Summary: Time doesn’t flow uniformly across the solar system, and new research reveals just how differently it unfolds on Mars compared with Earth. By tracing subtle gravitational and orbital ...

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Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...