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 ...

A new study claims that a mineral found in Mars' dust called ferrihydrite, which forms in the presence of cool water, is ...

The new study points to ferrihydrite as the culprit for Mars’ color. This is basically water ... predominate species of iron on the martian surface. The data also indicate that ferrihydrite ...

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 ...

Mars, or the "Red Planet," has intrigued scientists for centuries with its reddish hue. Recently, a new study has attributed the red color to a mineral with a high iron content, which could tell ...

For example, it’s a dusty red color. But, new research from ... have formed when water was still present on the surface, the researcher said Mars rusted earlier than they previously thought.

But what exactly gives the planet its iconic color? Scientists have wondered this for as long as they’ve studied ... On Earth, it is commonly associated with processes like the weathering of volcanic ...

A recent study by Brown researchers found the red color is due to ferrihydrite, a mineral in Mars’s dust ... While many planetary scientists thought that ferrihydrite should crystallize on Mars’s ...

Mars' distinctive red color comes from the mineral ferrihydrite ... other minerals that make up the aptly-named red planet’s surface, like hematite, which had previously been considered the ...