Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The swirl seen in this video is similar to a dust devil — where the ground warms a thin layer of air directly above it that rises.

It confirms that although dust devils are found all over Mars, even on its towering volcanoes, lots are swept up from certain "source regions." For example, many were clustered in Amazonis Planitia ...

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.

What causes dust devils & why are scientists studying them to prepare for future exploration on Mars Physics Prof Brian Jackson and a team of planetary scientists are digging into the science of ...

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, ...

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 ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii — A unique phenomenon known as a "Tephra Devil" was captured swirling over a crater on Hawaii's Kilauea during the volcano's 47th eruptive episode last week.

A unique phenomenon known as a “Tephra Devil” was captured swirling over a crater on Hawaii’s Kilauea during the volcano’s 47th eruptive episode last week. Tephra is a catch-all term that describes ...