NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Mars has always captured human imagination with its striking red hues and mysterious landscapes. Recent images from NASA’s ...

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about whether Mars was ever able to support life.

Qi Zhang, a doctoral student at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Umeå University, explores in her doctoral thesis ...

Scientists have identified another possible commonality between Earth and Mars: a solid inner core. Scientists have ...

Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the ...

A new international study partially funded by NASA on how Mars got its iconic red color adds to evidence that Mars had a cool but wet and potentially habitable climate in its ancient past.

A square-shaped formation on Mars, about 3 kilometers wide, has generated interest and speculation. NASA's Mars Global Surveyor captured the image, sp ...

Mars has been red for millions of years longer than previously thought, suggests new research. The study has "transformed" ...

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