HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 30 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:
The Martian Year 34 global dust storm, a planet-encircling event that occurred on Mars in 2018.
A new study by a doctoral researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, suggests global dust storms on Mars may organize the Martian atmosphere into regions favorable for electrical activity, increasing the potential for electrostatic discharges that could impact missions to the Red Planet, interfering with electronics, causing arcing between conductive surfaces and damaging exposed scientific instruments and spacecraft systems. The research, conducted by Chali Idosa Uga, a third-year...