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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.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… not because Christmas is coming, but because it’s time for the Geminid meteor shower – an annual spectacle to bring joy and good cheer to all!

The regolith itself contains a stockpile of hydrogen and water thanks to solar wind, and it's most abundant at the lunar poles, says a study of Chang'e-5 samples.

Musk attributed the boos to “unhinged leftists."

Lucinda Chambers says she has received many weird and wonderful gifts from pupils including a half-eaten mars bar and an engagement ring.

Fifty years ago this month was the last time humans walked on the surface of the moon, during the Apollo 17 mission. NASA recently took the first major step in returning humans to the moon with the Artemis I mission.

When it comes to “on the ground” exploration of Mars, rovers make pretty good advance scouts.

We wanted to pick up a tub of Celebrations each to tally up exactly how much of each chocolate you get

Mars has unveiled two Galaxy chocolate digestives – a milk chocolate and an orange version – as it looks to disrupt Cadbury and McVities' market dominance

The £1.89 treats will only be sold in one supermarket chain for three months as Mars scopes the market for branded digestives