24 February 2020
First results from InSight reveal a seismically active Mars
... known, kick in. Surprisingly, despite having the largest recorded Martian vortex activity and dust-devil tracks close to the lander, no visible dust devils have been seen, says Don Banfield at Cornell University and colleagues who analysed Mars...
April 2024
Terraformal dreaming
... superfine, toxic to plants and animals, and prone to forming ‘dust devils’ that whirl across the surface at 30 to 60 miles per ...continues, “you’d be vulnerable to cosmic radiation, and dust storms that occasionally coat the entire Martian globe in ...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
..., virtually designed a Mars habitat specifically suited to withstand dust storms and harsh climates on the red planet. Producing...cover likely through the year aside from the odd dust storm and ‘dust-devils’. Team SEArch+/Apis Cor of New York came ...
11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
... opened successfully. "It may have worked for hundreds of days depending on how much dust was deposited on the solar panels and whether any dust devils were cleaning the panels - as happened with Nasa's Mars Exploration Rovers," he said...
