Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

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.

Mars is known as the Red Planet, but scientists are still learning about what gives the planet its distinctive color. New ...

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

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

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.

Strong winds blew this dust all over the planet’s surface, gradually turning Mars red. Signatures of the water-rich environment in which the rust formed are still preserved in the dust ...

Findings suggested that the Red Planet got its color from ferrihydrite ... during a time when water was still present on the surface. Because ferrihydrite forms rapidly in cool water, its presence ...

Mars has fascinated people for centuries, not only because it is our closest neighbor in space but also because of its ...

The red coloration comes from iron minerals in ... when liquid water was widespread on the planet’s surface. Iron oxide—which is now dispersed across Mars—can form under different conditions.

“Mars is still the Red Planet. It’s just that our understanding ... could only have formed when water was still present on the surface, Mars rusted earlier than we previously thought.

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a ...