How a tiny Curiosity motor identified a massive Martian dust storm

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

There is no shortage of eyeballs, human and robotic, pointed at Mars. Scientists are constantly exploring the Red Planet from telescopes on Earth, plus the six spacecraft circling the planet from its orbit, and two roving its surface. So when dust filled the atmosphere during the recent planet-wide dust storm, observations were plentiful.

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