Dust devils form when the planet’s surface heats up, pushing hot air close to the ground rapidly up through cooler air above.

A new study led by Dr. Valentin Bickel from the Center for Space and Habitability at the University of Bern shows that wind ...

Scientists combined 20 years of Mars images to track over 1,000 dust devils, revealing powerful winds that shape the Red ...

Curiosity's view of the Martian landscape on May 12, 2025. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA's Curiosity Rover has been roaming the Red Planet since 2012, taking thousands of pictures, drilling small holes in ...

Dust devils on Mars have been known for years. Using them as a proxy for wind speed, however, is a clever twist. The new ...

One of the ongoing challenges of landing both robotic explorers and, eventually, people on Mars is the unpredictable nature of the weather there. With massive dust storms which can blow in and change ...

When you wonder what the weather is going to be like in the next few days, you turn on the WDRB Weather report. But have you ever wondered what the weather is like right no on Mars? Well wonder no ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. I like ...

The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) collects atmospheric measurements that will provide a regular weather report from Jezero Crater on Mars. Each of two horizontal booms mounted on the ...

Almost five days after a vessel capsized on the St. Johns River, crews continue to look for a child who remained unaccounted for as of Wednesday afternoon. Read full article: Dive teams find final ...

Mars has an atmosphere; therefore it must have weather. Starting with this thesis—as thin as the Martian atmosphere itself—Seymour L. Hess of Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz, set out to chart ...