A massive dust storm rolled through northern Mexico on Saturday, leading to health concerns and road closings. The storm hit ...

"If two dust devils happen upon each other, they can either obliterate one another or merge, with the stronger one consuming ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured several images of the Insight lander on the Red Planet between 2018 and 2024. See a time-lapse of the imagery here. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Unive ...

A new study suggests warm days on Mars often precede dust storms, with researchers analysing data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The findings show 78% of storms correlate with increased ...

Mars is the exciting next step in our exploration of space, but dust particles that were already a problem on the moon could ...

Nearly half of Mars dust consists of silica, which on Earth is known to cause silicosis, an incurable lung disease that progressively scars lung tissue. The Martian silica particles measure about 3 ...

Swirling dust storms are common and ... Estimates suggest that the average size of dust grains on Mars may be as little as 3 micrometers across, or roughly one-ten-thousandth of an inch.

Dust on Mars is everywhere. It’s fine, clings to everything, and carries an electric charge. The surface is blanketed in it, and dust storms can spread it across the globe. Some regions are ...

A navigation camera onboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover observed a dust devil on the Red Planet. NASA footage shows one small dust devil being consumed by another larger one.

The dust present on Mars contains harmful substances such as ... Robotic missions are particularly vulnerable to these storms, which can result in electrostatic storms that can damage electronics ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a giant dust devil devouring a smaller storm swirling close behind it on the rim of Jezero Crater. Martian dust devils are spinning columns of warm air that ...

Toxic dust on Mars would make a future mission to the red planet extremely hazardous for astronauts and require significant countermeasures, new research suggests.