At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved

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On Earth, lightning can occur in turbulent clouds of volcanic ash. Now researchers have found evidence of sparks in Martian dust devils.

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen.

(Image credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/University of Arizona)

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