On February 11, a towering dust devil suddenly formed along a residential street in Malaysia, sending debris spiraling into the air. The fast-moving vortex drifted toward a nearby school, creating a ...

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 ...

And with these 'dust devils' collected into a single public catalog, this research is just the beginning. Besides pure science, it will be useful for planning future missions, for example, ...

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 ...

“On the other hand, dust devils typically form in fair weather on sunny and hot days with light winds. Intense heating along ...

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, ...

(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 ...

Mini tornadoes which are capable of local-level destruction are unusually common across the UK but predicting them is a challenge, scientists say. One recent small tornado that swept through ...

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 ...