Tiny tornadoes of dust whirl across Mars's rusty plains far faster than scientists thought, a new study reveals. The results could help scientists plan future Mars missions by accounting for the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two decades of observations by a pair of orbiting spacecraft have enabled scientists to track the whirlwinds called "dust devils" that regularly pirouette across the surface of ...

Dust devils often pop up here on Earth when a column of wind whips up debris in deserts, but this frenzied weather spectacle also happens on Mars too. Although Martian dust devils may look somewhat ...

A new study published in Science Advanceshas revealed an unprecedented global catalog of Martian dust devils, tiny whirlwind phenomena that sweep across the Red Planet’s surface. Using two decades of ...

(CNN) — Twenty years’ worth of imagery captured by two orbiters circling Mars has revealed raging winds on the red planet. Wind on the barren planet would be invisible if it weren’t for Mars’ iconic ...