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We've known about wind on Mars for decades, but thanks to new research from a Swiss team, we have a better idea of just how strong those winds are.

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"Dust devils make the normally invisible wind visible," explains Valentin. "By measuring their speed and direction of travel, we have started mapping the wind all over Mars's surface. This was ...

"Dust affects everything on Mars — from local weather to how well we can take images. It's difficult to overstate its importance." Tiny tornadoes of dust whirl across Mars's rusty plains far faster ...

Scientists leveraged what was previously considered "digital noise"—color offsets caused by moving objects in images from ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter—to catalog 1,039 martian dust ...

When you're driving on land, speed is measured in either miles per hour (mph) or kilometers per hour (km/h). These measurements are straightforward because you can see stationary landmarks and ...