"Dust devils make the normally invisible wind visible," explains Valentin. "By measuring their speed and direction of travel, we have started mapping the wind all over Mars's surface. This was ...

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 red dust, ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Two decades of observations by a pair of orbiting spacecraft have enabled scientists to track the whirlwinds called "dust devils" that regularly pirouette across the ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. On warm, windy days you might spot a spinning column of dust dancing across a field, parking lot or prairie. At first glance, it can look like a tornado, ...

Their catalog is the first ever to include the speeds and directions of motions for dust devils all over Mars. "Dust devils make the normally invisible wind visible," explains Valentin. "By measuring ...