For centuries – maybe millennia – humans have wondered how Mars gets its red hue, but a recent study has some answers.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft has just taken its milestone 100,000th photo of the Red Planet using its ...

The study revealed that another mineral, ferrihydrite, a water-rich ferric oxyhydroxide, is widely present in Martian dust ...

For centuries, Mars has captivated the human imagination. Its reddish appearance has earned it the nickname “The Red Planet,” but is it really as red as we’ve been led to believe? While Mars certainly ...

A new study suggests that Mars’s red colour is better matched by iron oxides containing water, known as ferrihydrite. Everyone knows Mars is the “red planet,” but a new study is reshaping scientists’ ...

In the decades that astronomers have been studying Mars, we’ve learned that its distinct color comes from rusted iron minerals in the dust that covers the planet. At some point in the Red Planet’s 4.5 ...

Mars' distinctive red color comes from the mineral ferrihydrite, which only forms in the presence of cool water, a new study claims. Ferrihydrite also forms at a lower temperature than other minerals ...

Siccar Point, photographed by the Curiosity rover, is near Mars' Gale Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...

The question “What time is it on Mars?” is far more complicated than you might expect. That’s because the passing of time is ...

For centuries Mars has been called "the Red Planet" and there's a scientific reason why. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This ...