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, ...

Mars has long been pictured as a cold, quiet desert, its famous dust storms more cinematic backdrop than active player in the planet’s story. New measurements are overturning that image, revealing ...

Mars may look quiet from a distance, but up close it is anything but still. Beneath its thin sky, dust storms roar, dust devils twist across the surface, and tiny grains of sand constantly rub against ...

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How does Mars lose its water, and what can this teach scientists about the planet’s ancient past when it had much more water? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars doesn't get rain like Earth does, but dust storms are common on the red planet. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Mars is a ...

Research shows Mars dust storms create electric discharges that drive chemical reactions, reshaping the planet's surface and atmosphere through electrochemistry. (Nanowerk News) Mars, often depicted ...

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 ...