Our sky may have unusual particles floating high in the atmosphere over the next few days, as dust from over the Sahara ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere may have a dust problem—and that dust might be heating it up. A new study suggests that tiny charged grains near the Sun can change how energy moves through the corona, the ...

A plume of Saharan dust is sweeping across Texas. See the map of where it is early Monday, June 29, 2026.

Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution, a new study has found. The international study published in National Science ...

A large plume of Saharan dust has arrived in Texas, leading to hazy skies and a worsening of air quality through the week.

I spent the better part of my adult life on huge construction sites, where I was constantly breathing in the billowing dust of bulldozers and earth-movers, not to mention plumes of welding smoke. Like ...

A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a new study in The Astrophysical Journal suggesting that tiny charged dust ...

Up to 80% of brake-dust particles have an electric charge, which could serve as a means of controlling brake dust and improving air quality, according to a new study from the University of California, ...