Water purification is a big business on Earth. Companies offer everything from desalination to providing just the right pH level for drinking water. But on the moon, there won't be a similar technical ...

Mars is constantly swept by swirling columns of wind known as dust devils, and these powerful whirlwinds sometimes act as natural cleaning systems for robotic explorers. By blowing dust off solar ...

Mars is a harsh, dusty world where fine, electrostatically charged particles shape both its landscape and the fate of robotic explorers. From coating solar panels to altering atmospheric circulation, ...

Three months after the first stirrings of what became an epic global storm on Mars, the winds have died down and the dust that filled the atmosphere is settling. Now, like a scene from the opening ...