Bleached clay rocks found on the Martian surface suggest that the Red Planet was once home to heavy rainfall and tropical ...

Small, pale spots on the reddish-orange landscape of Mars have turned out to be a new clue that parts of the planet may once ...

These features were identified by NASA’s Perseverance rover and were determined to be kaolinite, a white, aluminum-rich clay.

The latest findings clarify the mystery; they highlight the utility of the radar technique for identifying subsurface ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected 'mini-lightning' on Mars for the first time, capturing faint crackles from dust-driven ...

Scientists believe they have recorded electrical activity in the Martian atmosphere for the first time, suggesting the planet ...

Rather than big bolts of lightning as seen on Earth, NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded audio of small zaps similar to those ...

Lightning has been seen on other planets in the solar system, in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. Because Mars is cold ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.