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

A new study claims that a mineral found in Mars' dust called ferrihydrite, which forms in the presence of cool water, is likely what gives the planet its reddish hue.

A recent study has revealed that the red color of Mars is due to ferrihydrite, an iron oxide mineral. This finding suggests that Mars once had liquid ...

This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated the connection between Mars’ red color and water interactions in ...

Scientists previously believed that its rust-red colour came from dry iron oxides. Mars has been a subject of fascination for humans due to its unique colour. Nicknamed the 'Red Planet' for its ...

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.

For example, it’s a dusty red color. But, new research from the European Space Agency is challenging humanity’s understanding of why Mars is called the Red Planet. “Mars is still the Red Planet.

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 ...

Scientists might have been wrong about perhaps the most obvious thing about Mars: the red colour behind its nickname Earthlings have known about the existence of Mars, the fourth planet from the sun ...

Together, orbiters and landers have provided scientists with data showing that Mars’ red color comes from rusted iron minerals within the dust that coats the planet. At some point, iron within ...