On a hot sunny day, you may spot vortexes of blowing dust spiraling upward and throwing debris everywhere. But as any Grand Canyon State native knows, these aren't mini tornadoes. They're dust devils, ...

A new study published in Science Advanceshas revealed an unprecedented global catalog of Martian dust devils, tiny whirlwind phenomena that sweep across the Red Planet’s surface. Using two decades of ...

It confirms that although dust devils are found all over Mars, even on its towering volcanoes, lots are swept up from certain "source regions." For example, many were clustered in Amazonis Planitia ...

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 red dust, ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – There may not have been a cloud in the sky Thursday, but that doesn’t stop dust devils from forming. Accord to the National Weather Service, a dust devil is, “a small, ...

The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) on board ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured these three dust devils tracking across the martian surface on 8 November 2021 ...

Saturday afternoon, the Mt. Juliet League Inc. out of Tennessee posted a wild video of a dust devil to its Facebook page. No, the Tazmanian Devil from Looney Tunes has no role in this. Sorry for the ...