In May 2018, one of the most intense dust storms ever seen on Mars began. The dust storm, which grew to completely cover the planet, swept over NASA's Opportunity rover, forcing the robot into ...

The dust storm on Mars grew from a small, local storm into a massive event over the course of the last two weeks. Opportunity is located near the middle of the storm, while the newer rover ...

Mars Rover Powers Down During Dust Storm—But It's Not Dead Yet. A huge dust cloud has swallowed up a quarter of the red planet's surface, threatening NASA's Opportunity rover.

This series of simulated Mars rover Opportunity images shows how conditions have changed around the NASA rover as a huge dust storm has intensified (from left to right) throughout June 2018 ...

A dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility on Mars. But NASA's Curiosity rover, seen in a self-portrait taken last week in the Gale Crater, runs on nuclear energy and is powering through.

NASA’s Opportunity Rover survived years on Mars, but a massive dust storm may have finally ended its mission. With solar panels covered in dust and communication lost, scientists wait to see if ...

Opportunity has seen a lot in its time on Mars — including another powerful dust storm, which the rover weathered in 2007. During that storm, Opportunity went silent for a four-day stretch ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity snapped this self-portrait on June 15, 2018 at Gale Crater during a growing dust storm. Since then, the dust storm has engulfed all of Mars.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover noticed this summer's monster dust storm fairly early on — but not in the way you might expect. The storm was first spotted from above by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance ...

NASA engineers received a transmission from Opportunity on Sunday morning — a positive sign despite the worsening dust storm. Data from the transmission let engineers know the rover still has… ...

With the sun entirely blocked out by dust, the solar-powered rover has presumably fallen asleep to wait out the storm. NASA scientists say they are "very concerned," but that they hope for the best.