NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of water on ancient Mars with "rippled textures" and "landslide debris" in the ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about ...

Scientists have used orbiters and rovers to find dried streams, lakes, and gullies on Mars that hint at its watery past, but ...

Mars is easily identifiable in the night sky by its prominent red hue. Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied ...

Scientists have discovered that Mars' red color likely comes from ferrihydrite, a mineral that forms in water challenging previous theory.

Scientists reckon the red hue of Mars might have originated in an earlier period in the planet's past when liquid water was ...

A new study led by Brown University researchers shows how a water-rich mineral could explain the planet’s color, hinting at a ...

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

Mars’s signature red hue may not be due to hematite, as previously believed, but rather to ferrihydrite — an iron oxide that ...

A new study led by Brown University researchers shows a water-rich mineral could explain the planet’s color — and hint at its ...

Experimental research conducted by an international team argues that the reason Mars is red is due to a water-rich mineral known as ferrihydrite.