Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air to rush in and start rotating. As this spinning air column accelerates, it ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for subtle traces of ancient microbes, but one of its most ...

Eighteenth-century German musician and composer Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most revered musicians of all time. At the age of 5, he already displayed rare talent playing the violin under his ...

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...

Some of the team's favorite eerie recordings are available for your listening pleasure, but they're also of intense scientific interest as the best audio ever recorded on another planet. Share on ...

The study presents the first in-situ evidence of electrical activity in the Martian atmosphere, identifying 55 distinct triboelectric discharge events. These electrical discharges, unlike terrestrial ...

The agency’s new Mars rover is put through a series of tests in vacuum chambers, acoustic chambers and more to get ready for the Red Planet. While auto manufacturers built over 92 million motor ...