Scientists combined 20 years of Mars images to track over 1,000 dust devils, revealing powerful winds that shape the Red Planet’s atmosphere.

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 red dust, ...

Dust devils form when hot air near the surface rises and spins, picking up dust along the way, Bickel said. “It appears that Amazonis Planitia offers the ideal conditions for dust devil formation, as ...

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 Mars, providing a ...

"Dust affects everything on Mars — from local weather to how well we can take images. It's difficult to overstate its importance." Tiny tornadoes of dust whirl across Mars's rusty plains far faster ...

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 ...