Scientists Have Detected Electric Sparks on Mars, and It Could Rewrite What We Know About Its Atmosphere

Electrical sparks inside Martian dust devils have been detected for the first time, reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s atmosphere and climate. On Mars, strong winds routinely generate swirling columns of fine dust. While passing through the center of two such dust devils, the SuperCam instrument’s microphone, the first microphone ever deployed on Mars, unexpectedly [...]