An Iowa man captured video this week of a large dust devil that whipped up in the middle of Gowrie. KCCI Chief Meteorologist Jason Sydejko called the dust devil "incredibly defined," as it spun for ...

A large, whirling dust devil caught one Iowa man's attention in May. Matt Woods was driving down a gravel road in Boone County when he spotted the dirt-filled funnel whipping across a farm field. He ...

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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.

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 ...

On a hot sunny day, you may spot vortexes of blowing dust spiraling upward and throwing debris everywhere. But as any Grand Canyon State native knows, these aren't mini tornadoes. They're dust devils, ...

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 / ...

Something about this time of year on Mars is reminiscent of 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Maybe it's the ruddiness of the planet that gives off its own natural sepia tone like we see in Victor Fleming's ...

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, ...