Mars, or the "Red Planet," has intrigued scientists for centuries with its reddish hue. Recently, a new study has attributed the red color to a mineral with a high iron content, which could tell us ...

We may have been wrong about how Mars got its characteristic red hue, a new study reveals. The Red Planet owes its ruddy complexion to rusted iron minerals, dispersed across billions of years by winds ...

What can Mars’ red hue that’s been observed for thousands of years teach us about when water existed on its surface potentially millions, or even billions, of years ago? This is what a recent study ...

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 ...

Mars is known as the Red Planet, but scientists are still learning about what gives the planet its distinctive color. New research shows why the planet's surface has its rusty hue, and the findings ...

Earthlings have known about the existence of Mars, the fourth planet from the sun it also orbits, since ancient times. Although the celestial body is located 140 million miles away from Earth, there’s ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

We've always known Mars as the Red Planet - but it turns out, we may have had the reason why wrong. If so, it could revise ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence.

We’ve always known Mars as the Red Planet — but it turns out, we may have had the reason why wrong. If so, it could revise much of what we know about the history of our smaller neighbor planet. In a ...