Boise State University physics professor Brian Jackson brought a team of scientists to the Alvord Desert in southeast Oregon in June 2024 to study dust devils — small whirling cyclones of dust that ...

On a hot sunny day, you may spot vortexes of blowing dust spiraling upward and throwing debris everywhere. But as any Grand Canyon State native knows, these aren't mini tornadoes. They're dust devils, ...

Many videos have gone viral across the internet, showing dust devils spinning up out of nowhere and causing havoc to nearby people and property. One such video was submitted to KWTX out of Nolanville, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In a rare occurrence, HiRISE captured an image of a live dust devil as it etched its track into ...

Over the weekend, a colossal dust devil spun to life in the Texas heat, rapidly growing and hurling a towering column of dirt and debris into the air, much to the shock of nearby onlookers. A video ...

By tracking how fast the dust devils moved, the researchers found wind speeds of up to 44 m/s, or 158 km/h. This is faster than we've ever measured with rovers on the ground—though it's worth noting ...

Video captures giant dust devil towering over the desert in Arizona Giant dust devil towers over Arizona desert, dust devils can reach thousands of feet high in the state, according to the National ...

Nature stole the show for people visiting the Seven Magic Mountains art installation outside Las Vegas recently, with daytrippers instead gobsmacked by an impressive dust devil that went swirling by.

A group of horses in Utah looked unfazed in a viral video showing a massive dust devil swirling behind them. Video footage from the event shows the horses at the ranch in Eagle Mountain completely ...

There’s an electrifying new development in Mars science. NASA’s Perseverance rover has just captured proof of a weather phenomenon that was long suspected, but until now, never observed: electric ...