Mars has lightning, scientists prove

For years scientists have suspected that Mars has lightning and electrical activity. A study now confirms it: particles in the dusty Martian atmosphere rub against one another, building up electrical charge that discharges in the form of lightning. Aside from Earth, lightning and electric activity were only known to occur on Saturn and Jupiter.

Link to study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09736-y