Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars

2025/11/26 by Baptiste Chide, Ralph D. Lorenz, R. D. Lorenz +26 · 1 voice · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Planetary Science and Exploration #Aeolian processes and effects #Astro and Planetary Science

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09736-y

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Discussions

• Pretty exciting news, a long-thought possibly - that dry dust storms produce enough static energy to create little lighting bolts - has been kind of observed on Mars!! 🧪🔭 #planetsci doi.org/10.1038 [bsky, 54 points, 1 comments]