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

Scientists might have been wrong about perhaps the most obvious thing about Mars: the red colour behind its nickname ...

We all know Mars is called “The Red Planet,” but have you ever stopped to wonder—why is it red? The classic joke explanation has been, “It’s rusty.” While that’s not entirely wrong, the truth is far ...

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 ...

Creating a composite photograph of the images taken by the Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System ( CaSSIS) aboard the Trace ...

Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a ...

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 ...

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Just like Earth, our cosmic neighbor Mars sometimes has auroras dance across its night sky. In March 2024, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover imaged visible-light auroras for the first time during a major ...