The atmosphere is complex, and invisible vortexes twist around us all the time. It just takes something to give them form, anything from dust to fire to snow. Here's a rundown of more than a dozen ...

Dust devil ' is a type of gust of wind that occurs when the atmosphere near the surface of the earth rises in a spiral shape due to updrafts, and is known to occur not only on Earth but also on ...

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.

Mars features dust devils due to temperature difference-driven warm air columns, which simultaneously rise while spinning circularly. Ground temperatures that rise make the air above it move upward ...

Perseverance has taken over a half-million images so far, but how often do we get to see something in them move? As NASA's Perseverance rover approached its 900th day on Mars, its cameras recorded ...

NASA's Perseverance Rover recorded the sound of a dust devil on Mars. Credits: NASA/JPA-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/INTA-CSIC/Space Science Institute/ISAE-SUPAERO ...