Severe weather on Mars can sometimes create dust devils, whirlwinds of Martian soil that spin for a few minutes before vanishing. Dust devils form on Earth too, and they can become electrified ...

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 ...

But recent research suggests yet another worry: toxic Martian dust. Cameras aboard NASA’s Mars rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity have extensively documented the planet’s barren ...

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A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in a short video made of images taken by a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. These swirling, sometimes towering columns ...

4️⃣ Dangerous dust: Toxic particles on Mars would make a future mission to the red planet extremely hazardous for astronauts, new research suggests. Substances such as silica and gypsum could ...

You can follow her on X or Instagram at @melissafleura. NASA has captured eerie new footage from Mars showing dust devils—miniature, fast-spinning whirlwinds—roaming the rim of its Jezero ...

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

Scientists say they have spotted a dust devil "eating" another on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured the otherworldly scene of several Red Planet mini-twisters spinning on the rim of ...

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