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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A common sight drifting across the Sonoran Desert is a dust devil. Some are small and last only a few seconds while others last for several minutes while reaching high into the ...

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 ...

A large, whirling dust devil caught one Iowa man's attention in May. Matt Woods was driving down a gravel road in Boone County when he spotted the dirt-filled funnel whipping across a farm field. He ...

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 ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

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 ...