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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years’ worth of imagery captured by two orbiters circling Mars has revealed raging winds on the red planet. Wind on the ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An impressive and long-lasting dust devil was spotted just outside the city of Bastrop, Texas, on Tuesday. The video was shot and sent to Nexstar’s KXAN by ‘Rancher Mike’ who recorded ...

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

BRIDGETON, Mo. — A 5 On Your Side viewer caught a giant dust devil on video as it spun through a north St. Louis County work site on Thursday. The small twister whipped dust and rock hundreds of feet ...

(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 ...