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Lightning detected on Mars by Nasa rover, scientists believe (www.bbc.com)

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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What does lightening on Mars actually mean though?

[–] Zidane@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

That means they got light bro

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Maybe they should release these "28 hours of microphone recordings" I can imagine that wind continually blowing across dry desert sand could generate differing charges on insulated surfaces that make little pops when they're 'grounded'. Hardly lightning.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Seems dust devils make sparks fly.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Crackles

By any chance could this be the crackle of little rock chips picked up by dust devils hitting the rover?