In the days ahead, stargazers will have a chance to witness some Lyrid meteors before the shower hits its peak in activity ...

“These mini-twisters wander the surface of Mars, picking up dust as they go and lowering the visibility in their immediate area. If two dust devils happen upon each other, they can either ...

While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing ... Each window of time had Navcam dust-devil and cloud movies, and measurements of the amount of dust in the atmosphere ...

Dust devils are not only whipping up dust on Mars – they’re revealing new secrets about the planet’s atmosphere. In a recent video, NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded a rare and spectacular scene on ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover spotted a large dust devil (on the right) consuming a smaller, fainter twister (on the left in the foreground). NASA / JPL-Caltech / LANL / CNES / CNRS / INTA-CSIC ...

"These mini-twisters wander the surface of Mars, picking up dust as they go and lowering the visibility in their immediate area." It is very rare for two dust devils to collide with one another ...

Witnessed by human eyes ever since the Viking orbiters reached the planet in the 1970s, dust devils have been trusted companions of all the rovers present on Mars for years. From time to time ...

Perseverance filmed one Martian dust devil absorbing another The event happened in Jezero Crater, known for extreme weather The phenomenon could reshape our understanding of Martian winds ...

This dust devil photographed by Perseverance on Aug. 30, 2023 was the same width as the larger twister in the new video and was estimated to be around 1.2 miles tall. (Image credit: NASA/JPL ...

The rare occurrence was captured in a short video assembled by the Perseverance team from images taken with the rover’s navigation camera, which collects data about atmospheric conditions on Mars.

(Artistic concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com On Mars, swirling columns of dust—known as dust devils—regularly roam the landscape, sometimes colliding in dramatic displays like one recently captured by ...

The Perseverance rover has captured footage of a rare phenomenon on the surface of Mars. Two Martian dust devils were observed interacting, providing an unprecedented view of the Red Planet's ...