Martian dust devils that have long fascinated scientists have finally been cataloged and tracked, providing unexpected new ...

Combing through 20 years of images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft, ...

NASA has reported possible biosignatures in a Mars rock, but delays and funding woes cloud its sample return mission. Could China's Tianwen-3 step in and deliver samples from the site itself?

An international team led by the University of Bern tracked 1,039 dust devils — tornado-like whirlwinds — across the planet’s ...

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

The new research utilizes imagery from orbit, allowing the motion of many more of these twisters to be tracked. In addition, ...

What can dust devils on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s weather and climate cycles? This is what a recent study ...

After months of travel, the Mars Rover Perseverance is ready to land on the surface of the red planet. The landing took place ...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars for evidence of ancient microbial life since 2021, but it’s ...