NASA’s Perseverance rover has just captured proof of a weather phenomenon that was long suspected, but until now, never observed: electric discharges that brew within the dust devils that torment Mars’ surface. The discovery, described in a new study in the journal Nature, confirms that lightning discharges occur in the Martian atmosphere. The dust devils that the discharges appear in are a common fixture on the Red Planet. Sixteen of them were recorded when a dust devil passed directly over the rover. More on Mars: Scientist Say They’ve Found Caves on Mars That May Contain Life