This intriguing astronaut photo shows around a dozen giant "star dunes" as they slowly dance across a sandy field near the edge of the Sahara desert. The rare dunes, which are often confused with ...

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Scientists have solved the mysterious absence of star-shaped dunes from Earth's geological history for the first time, dating one back thousands of years. The study by Aberystwyth University, Birkbeck ...

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For the first time in scientific history, researchers have managed to determine the age of the awe-inspiring star dunes, also known as pyramid dunes. These majestic formations, towering over 100 ...

You could be forgiven for thinking that this was a photo of Mars, it's actually here on Earth. Almost like a scene from Mars, or the Dune movies, astronauts aboard the International Space Station ...

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MUNISING, MI -- The views from Michigan‘s sand dunes are exceptional and that’s because the state is home to a rare formation of perched dunes. The Grand Sable Dunes in the Pictured Rocks National ...

The iconic landscapes of Wadi Rum in Jordan and southern Africa’s Namib Desert have long been celebrated as the visual inspiration behind the fictional world of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi ...

In some places, sand dunes protect shorelines from the onslaught of ocean waves. In other places, the dunes themselves are on the move, and threaten human structures. Host Flora Lichtman talks with ...