Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient connection between the planet Mars and blood wasn’t completely wrong. Rust, ...

A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...

Mars’ red color may be related to a habitable past: study The Red Planet may have had an abundance of water billions of years ago. By Brie Stimson Fox News.

Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as just the "Red Planet" — but new research suggests the Martian shade isn't just lovely to look at. The ...

Mars is easiest to see when it’s closest to Earth, which happens about every two years. This event is called “opposition.” In ...

However, the researchers for this study discovered that ferrihydrite is responsible for Mars’ red color, which is a mineral that forms in cold, watery environments. “Mars is still the Red Planet,” ...

The red dust on Mars is mostly rust, which forms in a similar way to how it does on earth. Known as iron oxide, the material has been broken down and spread across the planet for millions of years ...

Mars is known as the “Red Planet,” but it’s even more crimson as of late. The massive dust storm that has fully enveloped the planet is obscuring the Sun and bathing the landscape in a deep ...