NASA's Perseverance Mars rover saw two dust devils swirl across the surface of the Red Planet before joining together as one.

Scientists created the Mars rover's newest self-portrait by stitching together 59 individual images taken by Perseverance 's camera, which is located at the end of its robotic arm. Each shot required ...

The Perseverance rover, which has been on the surface of Mars since 2021, was on the western rim of the planet's Jezero Crater when it spotted the dust devils from a little over half a mile away.

Dust devils, more officially known as convective vortices, are common features on the surface of Mars that have been regularly observed for decades. These swirling features are formed by rising ...

“Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic," Wu said in a statement. The picture — which also shows the rover's latest sample borehole on the surface — marks 1,500 sols or ...

“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 ...

"Having the dust devil in the background ... when it spied auroras in Mars' skies, becoming the first spacecraft to witness the curtains of light from the surface of another planet.