Mars has long been pictured as a cold, quiet desert, its famous dust storms more cinematic backdrop than active player in the ...

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, ...

Dust storms are nothing new to Arizona, a state that sees the massive walls of dust roll in every year. In the past month, the Phoenix area saw two major storms, causing flight cancellations, damaged ...

Mars isn’t just dusty—it crackles with electricity. Scientists discovered that dust devils can generate tiny electric sparks, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded sounds from Mars dust devils and revealed tiny electric sparks shaping the planet’s ...

Dust storms are a growing part of life in the Imperial Valley and eastern San Diego County. KPBS’s Kori Suzuki spoke to one scientist about different ways you can stay safe. From afar, the largest ...

Many Imperial Valley residents have grown weary of repeated public health studies around the Salton Sea. One group of scientists is trying to focus on solutions instead. Amato Evan was in the desert ...

Dust storms have always swirled through parts of North America, but they are becoming more unexpected and destructive and landing in places unfamiliar with the danger, scientists warn. In May 2023, a ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...