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What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket. It's about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph), but the pinging of…

A Geminids meteor shower is due on Wednesday night and, weather permitting, it can be seen from all regions in areas without too many lights.

CHIANG MAI: Special events have been arranged for stargazers to view the Geminids meteor shower on Wednesday night, weather permitting, but it can be seen from all regions through telescopes or with the naked eye in areas without disturbing lights.

Carnarvon's big dish will soon be used as a deep space radar for tracking satellites — decades after it was decommissioned.

A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time.

The Geminids are caused by tiny pieces of space debris, bits of dust that fell off a small extinct comet or asteroid called Phaethon that goes around the Sun every one and a half years

Behold the sound of a dust devil on Mars as it strikes the NASA Perseverance rover. The rover didn't see the dust devil, but picked it up on several instruments.

ORLANDO, Fla. — With Orion safe back on Earth, the last and most important tests of the Artemis I mission have been completed, but there are still miles to travel and months of data sifting to go before NASA will target an Artemis II launch date.

A NASA rover on Mars by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed overhead last year and caught the sound

A dust devil looks a bit like a tornado, but is weaker and rarely lasts more than about a minute. It is a twisting column of warmed air scooting across sun-heated ground, made visible by the dust that it lofts upwards. Although usually benign, occasionally dust devils can kill.

NASA's successful Artemis I mission sets the stage for future crewed flights.