Mars is cold, parched, and extremely dusty. Powerful gusts of wind kick up literal tons of reddish dust that often takes the form of whorls known as dust devils. These winds also shroud the planet in ...

"Dust devils make the normally invisible wind visible," explains Valentin. "By measuring their speed and direction of travel, we have started mapping the wind all over Mars's surface. This was ...

For two decades, images from European spacecraft have captured bits of unremarkable digital noise as they photograph Mars. Now, scientists have turned that noise into a breakthrough, cataloging 1,039 ...

Hurricanes are tropical cyclones with sustained winds of 74 mph or greater and are categorized based on wind speed. Watches are issued 48 hours in advance of potential hurricane or tropical storm ...