NASA's Perseverance rover has just captured proof of lightning in Mars, which appears to spawn in the whirlwinds that roam its surface.

MAVEN is therefore pretty important to ongoing Mars operations, and working out why it dropped out of communication may help ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within swirling mini-twisters on Mars.

Tonight, the waning gibbous moon will be near Jupiter and Gemini's brightest star, Pollux, to form an isosceles triangle with ...

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 ...

After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it ...

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

The Sun is covered in dark patches bigger than Earth. A powerful flare has already erupted, with more likely coming.

Microphone recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover have turned up more than 50 instances of lightning on the red planet over the past four years, a new study finds.

Maven, launched in 2013, entered Mars' orbit in September 2014 to study the upper atmosphere and its interaction with the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Mars, the red planet, could be in for a global display of ...

Astronomers have finally captured visible auroras dazzling the skies above Mars — and they’re unlike anything we see on Earth. The spectacular discovery was made using NASA’s Perseverance rover.