Sunday 18 December 2022

NASA Mars rover captures first sound of dust devil on red planet

NASA Mars rover captures first sound of dust devil on red planet

NASA can now say what a dust devil sounds like on Mars. A NASA rover had its microphone on by chance when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket. It is about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 40kph (25mph), but the pinging of hundreds of dust particles against the rover Perseverance. Scientists released the first-of-its-kind audio Tuesday.

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