Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air to rush in and start rotating. As this spinning air column accelerates, it ...

On Dec. 16, 1962, NASA launched the Explorer 16 spacecraft to study micrometeoroids near Earth. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

It has been a decade since University of Washington scientists first pinpointed specific instances of air pollution, including Gobi Desert dust, traversing the Pacific Ocean and adding to the mix of ...

A mysterious cloud of ultra-hot dust around Kappa Tucanae A may finally have an explanation: a hidden companion star. The ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Friday, September 12th, the Mt. Juliet League Inc. Facebook page posted a video of a large dust devil at a local baseball field. According to Robin Speight, the park ...

Scientists in Japan have used a global climate model to show that dust from land without snow cover in the Arctic is a major source of particles that form ice crystals in Arctic low-level clouds. This ...

Start with heat. Rising temperatures across MENA dry soils, weaken vegetation cover and expand desert margins. This is not merely a land-use problem; it is an atmospheric one. As soils desiccate, fine ...