Mars is a dusty planet dominated by vast, dry deserts, with no easily accessible sources of liquid water. Much like on Earth, ...

ESA images show a large meteoroid strike on Apollinaris Mons, leaving more than 100 mysterious moving dust marks on Mars.

Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

Dust devils on Mars generate tiny electrical sparks. This could help explain how the Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface are shaped.

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

A six-wheeled robot wandering the rugged terrain of Mars recently came across two small tornadoes whipping around the planet's surface. In a short video released Thursday by NASA, the two dust devils ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Dust devils on Mars could be crackling with electric currents, according ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's Perseverance rover and coming from dust-storm fronts and whirling dust devils.

Mars is rich in ice, both on and under its surface—with more predicted to lie farther below its dusty exterior. If future ...

Map showing active dust devils during local spring and summer in Mars’s northern and southern hemispheres. The coloured dots indicate 1039 dust devils for which we have only location information, and ...

NASA has captured eerie new footage from Mars showing dust devils—miniature, fast-spinning whirlwinds—roaming the rim of its Jezero Crater, caught in a dance that sometimes ends with them devouring ...