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Perseverance Detects Triboelectric Discharges during Martian Dust Devils and Storms


Using data captured by the SuperCam microphone aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover over two Martian years, planetrary scientists have detected 55 triboelectric discharge events associated with dust devils and dust storms.

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