Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, prohibiting the flow of charges. This could cause a massive charge buildup in a ...

"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary ...

NASA's Perseverance rover may have recorded evidence of a triboelectric discharge caused by a dust devil on Mars, according to a team who presented those findings at the 2025 Lunar and Planetary ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured several images of the Insight lander on the Red Planet between 2018 and ...

Dust devils on Mars, indeed, are a fascinating and curious phenomenon. Advertisement And deepening the intrigue, the new study suggests lightning could be zapping inside these dust devils on Mars.

Dust devils on Mars form similarly to those on Earth, despite the fact that Mars' atmosphere is much thinner. They tend to happen on dry days when the ground gets hotter than the surrounding area.

"Dust devils on Mars only last about 10 minutes." The largest devil was likely spinning at a max speed of more than 10 mph (16 km/h), based on data collected from previous sightings.

The Mars rover, launched in 2020, was covered with red dust in the selfie. NASA's Perseverance rover snaps a unique selfie featuring a dust devil on Mars. The composite image includes 59 photos ...

The Mars rover, launched in 2020, was covered with red dust in the selfie. NASA's Perseverance rover snaps a unique selfie featuring a dust devil on Mars. The composite image includes 59 photos ...

The Mars rover, launched in 2020, was covered with red dust in the selfie. NASA's Perseverance rover snaps a unique selfie featuring a dust devil on Mars. The composite image includes 59 photos ...

The Mars rover, launched in 2020, was covered with red dust in the selfie. NASA's Perseverance rover snaps a unique selfie featuring a dust devil on Mars. The composite image includes 59 photos ...

The Mars rover, launched in 2020, was covered with red dust in the selfie. NASA's Perseverance rover snaps a unique selfie featuring a dust devil on Mars. The composite image includes 59 photos ...