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Mars may look quiet from a distance, but up close it is anything but ...

Mars may seem like a silent, barren world, but its fine, abrasive dust tells a different story. From wiping out the ...

Dust on Mars has a new voice. What once looked like silent red storms now crackles with tiny sparks, as if the planet were whispering with electricity right under your feet. For the first time, ...

Lightning on Mars likely arises from electrical charge built up by dust devils, scientists say. For years scientists have suspected that there is electrical activity on Mars. A study now confirms it: ...

NASA's seemingly unstoppable Mars rover Opportunity has been knocked out by a gigantic dust storm that is enveloping the red planet and blotting out the sun. Officials said Wednesday they're hopeful ...

Martian dust creates frictional electricity that can change the planet's chemical composition.

So, Mars does have storms, but they’re far drier and dustier than the thunderstorms on Earth. Scientists are continually ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

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 ...