A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA’s Opportunity rover to suspend science operations. But across the planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover, ...

BBC Weather Watchers and others have captured the otherworldly impact of a plume of Saharan dust high up in the atmosphere.

Learn more about the nearly invisible layer of carbon that may control how dust grains become electrically charged and how that discovery could help future missions to the moon and Mars.

The comparative sizes of dust particles in the atmosphere. The photo is a satellite image of a 1992 dust storm over the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

Modern warfare is usually studied through politics and strategy, but its impact on atmospheric dust is often overlooked.

A field study of aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation in the Sierra Nevada shows that dust and microorganisms transported from as far away as the Sahara desert help to spur the precipitation ...

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