A study, conducted in part by NASA, indicates why Mars is red — and, more importantly, what this says about potential life on ...

NASA's Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity ...

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

A new study suggests the iron oxide responsible for the red planet's distinctive hue is ferrihydrite, pointing to the bygone ...

The Red Planet, as it’s often called, has a distinct hue, and a new theory about this coloration could have implications for ...

Martian dust is mostly rust. Mars’s famed color has captivated humankind for centuries, earning its nickname of the ‘Red ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson.

A new international study partially funded by NASA on how Mars got its iconic red color adds to evidence that Mars had a cool ...

Since Dec. 7, 2024, the red planet has been making its westerly retrograde. But on Monday, that all ends, according to ...

Thanks to new research techniques published today, scientists say that "our understanding of why Mars is red has been ...

NASA's Curiosity rover photographed remnants of rippling waves in an ancient Martian lakebed, proving that the Red Planet had ...

Earth may now be home to the most glorious beaches in the solar system , but 3 billion years ago, it may have been Mars that ...