Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, prohibiting the flow of charges. This could cause a massive charge buildup in a ...

"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary ...

Dust devils have a reputation for being both helpful and harmful on Mars. The InSight lander’s mission is expected to end this month after spending four years studying quakes and other ...

NASA NASA Mars rover spies 200-foot-wide dust devil moving across red planet's surface The dust devil captured on Martian soil is estimated to be about 1 mile high and 200 feet wide ...

A towering whirlwind of dust passed right over the NASA Perseverance rover as it explored the site of an ancient lake on Mars. The rover recorded the first sounds of a Martian dust devil using its ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured several images of the Insight lander on the Red Planet between 2018 and ...

On September 27th, 2021, a dust devil whirled past the Perseverance rover on Mars. The rover not only caught the dust devil on its cameras and with its weather sensors but also picked up the faint ...

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. Warm ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has spotted a dust devil traveling across the surface of Mars. The rover captured remarkable footage of the dust devil from its vantage point in Mars’ Gale Crater. “It ...

What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover, by chance, had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket.It's about 10 seconds of not ...

Haunting Mars view reveals dust devil tracks and chaotic mounds Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.