Mauritania isn’t typically a major tourist destination. But its only railway has recently become the subject of a viral ...

Toxic dust on Mars would make a future mission to the red planet extremely hazardous for astronauts and require significant countermeasures, new research suggests. Substances such as silica, gypsum, ...

Dust swept from the Sahara desert provides life at the bottom of the marine food chain with a critical nutrient. Without the ...

Martian dust storms can potentially cause respiratory issues and elevated risk of disease, making them yet another health hazard space agencies need to prepare for, according to new research by the ...

Substances such as silica, gypsum, perchlorates and nanophase iron oxides contained in Martian dust could have life-threatening effects on members of a potential Mars mission, according to a study ...