Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary materials to build everything from planets to asteroids. But what it actually looks ...

Dust storms have always swirled through parts of North America, but they are becoming more unexpected and destructive and landing in places unfamiliar with the danger, scientists warn. In May 2023, a ...

In his 1963 scifi story “The Invincible,” the Polish writer Stanisław Lem imagined an artificial species of free-floating nanobots which roamed the atmosphere of a far-off planet. Like tiny bugs, the ...

Skies can turn from clear blue to pitch black as a haboob rolls in. Here’s how this wall of dust forms, and what health experts say is lurking within. A wall of dust, also known as a haboob, ...

A giant cloud of dust known as a haboob swallowed up the Phoenix area and was quickly followed by a monsoon that left thousands without power and flights grounded the evening of Aug. 25. Photos and ...

A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through metro Phoenix on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and grounding flights at one of the nation's ...

A towering dust cloud caused havoc in Arizona on Monday, grounding flights and leaving thousands without power. The slow-moving cloud — known as a haboob — hit parts of Phoenix and Arizona City, 60 ...

The National Weather Service in Phoenix issued both dust storm and severe thunderstorm warnings as the system pushed into Maricopa County Monday evening. The weather service warned drivers of ...

Saharan dust is drifting across the southeastern U.S. and entered the Texas Gulf Coast early Thursday. Fortunately for Texas, the heaviest concentrations remain farther east — along the Gulf Coast ...

The dust plumes create colorful, picturesque sunrises and sunsets. While the idea of a massive dust cloud from the deserts of Africa hitting the United States might seem like the plot of a sci-fi ...

A dust plume that has been traveling across the Atlantic may later spread as far as Texas and Georgia as a weather system breaks it apart. Dust Sources: Goddard Earth Observing System, NASA Note: Map ...

A plume of dust from the Saharan Desert appears set to sweep across Florida and the Gulf Coast this week, providing the region with enhanced sunrises and sunsets. AccuWeather hurricane expert Alex ...