Mars' atmosphere is much thinner than Earth's, so dust storms on the Red Planet can't generate much force. But they can still be trouble. In 2018, for example, a global dust storm buried the solar ...

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Curiosity's view of Gale Crater during the 2018 global dust storm on Mars showing a decrease in visibility from 8 June 2018 (Sol 2075) to 18 June 2018 (Sol 2085). (CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/York ...

Melissa joined Newsweek in 2023 from Global's LBC and had previously ... NASA has captured eerie new footage from Mars showing dust devils—miniature, fast-spinning whirlwinds—roaming the ...

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 ...

A six-wheeled robot wandering the rugged terrain of Mars recently came across two small tornadoes whipping around the planet's surface. In a short video released Thursday by NASA, the two dust ...

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 ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover spotted a large dust devil (on the right) consuming a smaller, fainter twister (on the left in the foreground). NASA / JPL-Caltech / LANL / CNES / CNRS / INTA-CSIC ...

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 ...