Several volcanic "dust devils" were observed this weekend on Mt. Kilauea. The science of volcanic ash vortices or ...

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Scientists have seen many dust devils on Mars, and now, for the first time, they’ve heard one. The vortex made a direct hit on NASA’s Perseverance rover, peppering the spacecraft with dust and ...

An Iowa man captured video this week of a large dust devil that whipped up in the middle of Gowrie. KCCI Chief Meteorologist Jason Sydejko called the dust devil "incredibly defined," as it spun for ...

A dust storm that engulfed Mars in 2018 destroyed a vortex of cold air around the planet's south pole and brought an early spring to the hemisphere. By contrast, the storm caused only minor ...

Many desert dwellers are used to the sight of swirling dust and sand in an open field on a sunny afternoon, but when is a dust devil no longer a dust devil? After pictures and video of a vortex near ...