The original Nature article for people who want to bypass the pop-sci filler from Gizmodo:
"Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars"
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We detected static, not lightning.
This entire thing is exaggerated and it shouldn’t be because what we’ve discovered is amazing enough.