Dust storms on Mars are something to behold. Many begin as smaller storms that swirl around the ice caps at the planet's north and south poles, usually during the second half of the Martian year ...

"If two dust devils happen upon each other, they can either obliterate one another or merge, with the stronger one consuming ...

But recent research suggests yet another worry: toxic Martian dust. Cameras aboard NASA’s Mars rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity have extensively documented the planet’s barren ...

Toxic dust on Mars would make a future mission to the red ... Every few years there are globe-encompassing storms that lay down a thick coat,” he told CNN, underlining that spacecraft, vehicles ...

A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in a short video made of images taken by a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. These swirling, sometimes towering columns ...

Don't inhale Martian dust, warns a new study by a team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder. The findings suggest that long-term exposure to Mars dust could ...

The dust present on Mars contains harmful substances such as silica, gypsum, iron oxides, and perchlorates, and it could pose life-threatening risks to astronauts, according to a new study.

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