Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.

On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the ...

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.

In a groundbreaking development, scientists may have just captured evidence of lighting on Mars for the first time.The discovery comes from the data recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover which has ...

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

NASA's Perseverance rover has recorded the first evidence of electrical activity on Mars that a scientist described as "mini lightning." ...

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 ...

Artemis I, the first of NASA's SLS rockets aimed for the moon, was being tested over the weekend. The lightning was successfully diverted and did not affect the rocket, NASA said. Lightning struck the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — As NASA inches closer to a future return to the moon, its first leap toward its moonshot goal — Artemis I — is planned to launch during the peak of hurricane season and could face a ...

Mother Nature can be a real bitch sometimes, and NASA experienced its sheer power last night when four lightning bolts hit the towers surrounding the Moon-bound Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket, ...

NASA is building an enormous lightning protection system at the Kennedy Space Center that will not only protect people and equipment but will collect strike information for analysis by launch managers ...