Europe's Mars Express orbiter recently imaged a huge valley system on the Red Planet — and dust devils dot the alien landscape.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martian dust devils are fleeting, but the footprints they leave behind can endure for months. Now, researchers have used those ...

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, ...

Witness the Red Planet like never before as NASA’s rovers capture swirling dust devils, shifting sands, and meteorite impacts. These dynamic phenomena reveal that Mars is far from a static world, ...

Published in Science Advances, their findings —including that the strongest winds on Mars blow much faster than we thought—give us a much clearer picture of the red planet's weather and climate. And ...

For two decades, images from European spacecraft have captured bits of unremarkable digital noise as they photograph Mars. Now, scientists have turned that noise into a breakthrough, cataloging 1,039 ...

Dust devils are a regular feature on Mars. Just like those found on Earth, these mini whirlwinds form when parts of Mars are ...

Map showing active dust devils during local spring and summer in Mars’s northern and southern hemispheres. The coloured dots indicate 1039 dust devils for which we have only location information, and ...

Resembling a small pale puff, the twirling dust devil popped up 3 miles (5 kilometers) behind the rover during this month’s photo shoot. Released Wednesday, the selfie is a composite of 59 images ...

The latest selfie by NASA’s Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

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