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Martian dust devils are fleeting, but the footprints they leave behind can endure for months. Now, researchers have used those tracks to learn about the whirlwinds and potentially guide future mission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive dust devil tore through the northern Nevada desert on Monday, May 11, with stunning footage showing the twister dwarfing ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

This large dust devil in the center consumed a smaller nearby dust devil on Mars in January. Future human visitors to Mars will have to deal with an unfriendly planet. It’s dusty. It’s windy.

The high winds that birth dust devils can also revitalize robots by cleaning their solar cells. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.