The Mars Express orbiter launched to the Red Planet. Twenty years later, ESA has delivered a high resolution color image of ...

Recent research has unveiled the presence of ferrihydrite in Martian red dust, a discovery that could hold the key to ...

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 ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered a treasure trove of diverse and intriguing rocks while exploring an ancient river channel on Mars, providing scientists with new insights into the Red Planet's ...

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 ...

A new study may have revealed the true source behind how the Red Planet got its hue. It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet ...

This morning, NASA released the first “true-color” shot from the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on Sunday night. Curiosity sent the image of the ridge of the north wall of Gale Crater more than ...

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The method, developed by researchers at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, uses images of dune surfaces to estimate ...