Mars is about to join a currently exclusive planetary club. Until today, the only worlds known to have lightning were Earth, ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . Now that we've got our first good look at it, let's put the mega storm on top of the sixth rock from the sun into some perspective: According to NASA, ...

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

What does electrical activity and dust storms on Mars have in common? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes ...

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Recently, the rover has discovered that Mars' atmosphere is electrically active, because it found electrical discharges. The ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

"As we approach Saturn's summer solstice in 2017, lighting conditions over its north pole will improve, and we are excited to track the changes that occur both inside and outside the hexagon boundary, ...