Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' dust storms, a new study suggests.

During hot summers, warm air near the ground rises, sometimes forming towering storm clouds. On Mars, the heat from the sun causes the atmosphere near the surface to become buoyant, lifting dust ...

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south ...

Mars spacecraft teamed up with an AI model to find a new impact crater on on the Martian surface, changing our understanding ...

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What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently ...

A comparison image of the planet Mars revealed that a global dust storm engulfed the planet in ... year on Mars might happen on the planet’s surface after all.

Arrival in early-to-mid December 2028 would place the spacecraft at Mars during northern hemisphere spring, providing favorable conditions for solar power and avoiding dust storm seasons. Brian Wang ...

Use a blue or violet filter to see the clouds more easily. Mars is also known for its dust storms, which can sometimes encircle the whole planet — as happened in 2018. When this occurs ...