The Journey of the World's Largest Dust Source The Sahara is the largest source of aeolian dust in the world, with annual ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A huge plume of dust drifting across the Atlantic from the coast of Africa is heading for Florida. This can mean gorgeous sunsets or hazy skies for us on land, plus the added ...

The state of Texas is bracing for a Saharan dust outbreak, as large plumes travel northward from the African desert and move over the Atlantic. The Saharan Air Layer (SAL) is the dust that forms over ...

A Saharan dust plume off Africa's west coast is expected to gust into the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico this week, suppressing the development of storms. For now. The plume in the Atlantic, the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Plumes of Saharan dust traveling across the Atlantic basin from the coast of Africa are not uncommon for this time of year, but how do they affect weather across Tampa Bay? We spoke with ...

The author writes, “This week, skywatchers can search for one of the more subtle celestial effects. The zodiacal light is the soft glow of sunlight scattered off the interplanetary dust that lies in ...

Propelled by a recent swing past Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is healthy and performing normally as it heads toward its next closest approach to the Sun on Nov. 21. Parker Solar Probe will break ...

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Dust measurements of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS provide constraints on its nucleus size, indicating a minimum radius of 1 km for a natural comet, as reported by Avi Loeb.

A dazzling comet left behind a dramatic dust tail as it swept around the sun, new photos reveal. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was visible to the naked eye earlier in October as the comet, which is ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded sounds from Mars dust devils and revealed tiny electric sparks shaping the planet’s ...