Star dune: Scientists solve mystery behind Earth's largest desert sands

Scientists collected radioactive sand grains in the dark to understand when they formed.

Star dune: Scientists solve mystery behind Earth's largest desert sands

Mystery of enormous Saharan 'star dune' finally solved — and it wasn't what scientists were expecting - KHC

Aberystwyth University

Mustafa Alrawi on LinkedIn: How AI can become the new oil and gas for the Gulf

Mystery of enormous Saharan 'star dune' finally solved — and it wasn't what scientists were expecting - KHC

Structure and chronology of a star dune at Erg Chebbi, Morocco, reveals why star dunes are rarely recognised in the rock record

Japan's 'Moon Sniper' miraculously wakes up on lunar surface

Sahara Desert

Mystery of enormous Saharan 'star dune' finally solved — and it wasn't what scientists were expecting