Dust Devils
Dust Devils Have Left Dark Streaks All Over This Martian Crater
There may be no life on Mars, but there's still a lot going on there. The Martian surface is home…
This is a Dust Devil… on Mars
We live in a time when our spacecraft orbiting Mars at an altitude of about 300 km. can snap photos…
Curiosity Watches a Dust Devil Go Past
Tis a season of incredible wind driven activity on Mars like few before witnessed by our human emissaries ! Its…
Curiosity Cores Hole in Mars at ‘Lubango’ Fracture Zone
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover successfully bored a brand new hole in Mars at a tantalizing sandstone outcrop…
Are Martian Dust Storms Dangerous?
Just how dangerous are the terrifying dust storms that swarm Mars? Brave explorers trek across the red dunes of Mars…
Are Dust Devils Whirling Around the Curiosity Rover?
In this latest update from the MSL team, Ashwin Vasavada, the Deputy Project Scientist, explains how Curiosity has been monitoring…
Could Dust Devils Create Methane in Mars’ Atmosphere?
[/caption] Methane on Mars has long perplexed scientists; the short-lived gas has been measured in surprising quantities in Mars' atmosphere…
Mars’ Giant Dust Devil in Motion
The folk at JPL have kindly put together an animation of the gigantic Martian dust devil spotted by the Mars…
New Gigantic Tornado Spotted on Mars
[/caption] Last month, we were excited to share an image of a twister on Mars that lofted a twisting column…
Twister on Mars: The Movie
As we reported earlier this month, The HiRISE camera captured a tornado in action on Mars, and this dramatic new…