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NASA rover records Martian lightning and it sounds nothing like thunder

On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the ...
The Olympian

Wild weather in the east, thunder and lightning warning in the South Sound

A warm and sunny Memorial Day weekend around Puget Sound is possible, NWS Seattle says. Liesbeth Powers Liesbeth Powers / [email protected] A wild storm system expected to impact much of the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover captures sounds of lightning on Mars for first time

Microphone recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover have turned up more than 50 instances of lightning on the red planet over the past four years, a new study finds.

NASA Mars rover captures crackling lightning. Hear the 'thunder' yourself.

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...