"Mars is still the Red Planet. It’s just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed." Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as ...

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 suggests the iron oxide responsible for the red planet’s distinctive hue is ferrihydrite, pointing to the bygone presence of water, an important ingredient for life Margherita Bassi ...

You may recall marveling at the Red Planet Mars when I wrote about it earlier this year. It reached its closest to Earth in mid-January when it lay only ...

The full disc of Mars is seen with the polar ice caps slightly off centre to the top left and bottom right. Clouds wrap around the planet’s curved horizons. Dark surface markings are clearly seen ...

Nicknamed the 'Red Planet' for its iconic rusty hue, the question is what exactly gives the planet its colour? Scientists have learned from space orbiters and landers that the rust-coloured dust ...

The multi-faceted band's new tune " Try Not to Die " played a few songs into the set, poetically employing Carl Sagan's ...

So, how likely is it that humans will be able to plant any flag, much less the American one, on the Red Planet by the end of Trump’s term in 2029? Mars is an average of 225 million km away from ...

One of the biggest reasons is the planet's reddish hue, earning the fourth rock from the sun one its most popular nicknames -- the "Red Planet." But what exactly gives the planet its iconic color?

"Mars is still the red planet. It's just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed. The major implication is that because ferrihydrite could only have formed when water was ...

The planet Mars is famous for its rusty red colour. But how did our closest planet neighbour turn this shade? For years scientists thought they had the answer, but new research suggests it could ...