Linear dunes, widespread on Earth and Saturn's moon, Titan, are generally considered to have been formed by deposits of windblown sand. It has been speculated for some time that some linear dunes may ...

As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete the rover’s investigation of those dunes.

Sand dune creation Some linear sand dunes may have formed through a process called wind-rift erosion, rather than simple deposits of windblown sand, a new study has found. The findings published in ...

Linear dunes in the Great Sand Sea in southwest Egypt are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member on the International Space Station. In southwestern Egypt, deep in the ...

A controversial new research paper examines a possible new mechanism for the development of very large linear dunes formed on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. A new and likely ...

Boulder, Colorado, USA - Linear dunes, widespread on Earth and Saturn's moon, Titan, are generally considered to have been formed by deposits of windblown sand. It has been speculated for some time ...

As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete the rover's investigation of those dunes. On ...

As the sun sets on the Saharan desert, its colours cast a glow on its vast sand dunes causing rainbow light to dance across the landscape. And Nasa has captured how this stunning show appears from ...

On Jan. 16, 2020, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this image of two types of sand dunes on Mars: barchan and linear dunes. As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's ...

From February to April this year, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover probed into four sites near a linear dune on the Red Planet to compare the samples of dark sand taken here to those that was found in 2015 ...