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Martian Dust Devils Unleashed: Winds Up to 98 MPH!
10/9/2025
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- Researchers using Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) cataloged 1,039 Martian dust devil events.
- Wind speeds reached up to 98 mph (158 kph), indicating faster, more widespread winds than previously known.
- Published in Science Advances on October 8, 2025, the study notes Amazonis Planitia as a dust-devil hotspot and potential solar-panel impacts.
