Saturday, 8. August 2009
Topic: SCIENCE - on August 8, 2009 at 4:13:00 PM CEST
Lightning detected on Mars
The first detection of lightning in a Martian dust storm has likely been made by a new detector on a radio telescope.
Scientists have long thought that as with dust devils and storms here on Earth, Martian dust storms should produce lightning. But direct evidence of electric discharges on the red planet was lacking.
