Dust devils form when the planet’s surface heats up, pushing hot air close to the ground rapidly up through cooler air above.
In a mesmerizing new video, viewers can glide over a 1,300km-long channel on Mars as it cuts through the barren, pock-marked ...
CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists recreated these eerie, worm-like movements under Martian conditions. The ...
Scientists used the 'Mars Chamber' in the UK to simulate a process that creates 'very strange' gulleys on the red planet.
Did life really exist on Mars after all? Unfortunately, there is no conclusive evidence for this yet. Nevertheless, it would ...
Dust devils on Mars have been known for years. Using them as a proxy for wind speed, however, is a clever twist. The new ...
Researchers identified 1,039 tornado-like whirlwinds called ‘dust devils’ using data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.
The earliest such attempts date to Nikola Tesla in 1899. Where, and how, are we listening today? What are we hoping to hear?
Discover Wyoming’s Killpecker Sand Dunes near Rock Springs — a vast desert oasis with golden dunes, volcanic towers, and ...
On October 6, we had a full moon that was referred to as the Hunter’s Moon or the Blood Moon. The many stages of the moon have always fascinated me. Perhaps this is because I spent many nights sitting ...
Mangalyaan's success story is worth remembering. India accomplished its first Mars mission on a shoestring budget of just Rs ...