A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red ...

Mars has fascinated people for centuries, not only because it is our closest neighbor in space but also because of its ...

With its iconic rusty hue, Mars has long been called the red planet. Now, scientists may have discovered the potential source of that distinctive coloring, overturning a popular theory in the process.

Mars is easily identifiable in the night sky by its prominent red hue. Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied the planet over the last decades, we know that this red color is due to ...

Hera spacecraft captured an extraordinary near-infrared image of Mars’ moon Deimos during a flyby of the Red Planet. This ...

A new study has found evidence that Mars's red color may not be caused by the mechanism scientists once thought. The discovery hints at a potentially more habitable past for the Red Planet.

The ripples suggest that the lake was free of ice at one point.

Mars is immediately recognisable in the night sky by its red hue, but where does its iconic colour come from? Martian dust is mostly rust! Mars’s famed colour has captivated humankind for ...

"The fundamental question of why Mars is red has been thought of for hundreds if not for 1000s of years," said Adomas (Adam) Valantinas, a postdoctoral fellow at Brown who started this work as a ...