Mars’s signature red hue may not be due to hematite, as previously believed, but rather to ferrihydrite — an iron oxide that requires water to form. Using a combination of spacecraft data and ...

By combining observations from space and experiments on Earth, scientists rethink the red planet's history and why it's red.

Instead, they’re looking for signs of life that existed long ago, when Mars was warmer and covered with water. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a cameo appearance of the tiny moon Phobos on its ...

Two different teams of scientists made Martian discoveries this week, revealing a little more about our mysterious planetary ...

A new image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera shows a bear-like face on Mars. On February 24, the Curiosity rover found a tiny rock in Gale Crater that looks like a flower or coral.

NASA has released breathtaking panoramic images of Mars, offering an unprecedented view of the planet’s diverse terrain. Captured by rovers and orbiters, the high-resolution images reveal rugged ...

"We found that ferrihydrite mixed with basalt, a volcanic rock, best fits the minerals seen by spacecraft at Mars." An image of Mars captured by Hubble in optical light in 2001. (NASA/ESA and The ...

A new study may have revealed the true source behind how the Red Planet got its hue. It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the ...

NASA has released breathtaking panoramic images of Mars, offering an unprecedented view of the planet’s diverse terrain. Captured by rovers and orbiters, the high-resolution images reveal rugged ...

That’s not true of Mars.” The regolith, or materials that cover the ground of the planet ... In a UNLV news release, Hausrath said seeing the rover’s images up close was “like a video game,” and the ...

This marked the first time a rotorcraft on Mars took a color image while in flight. A bear-like face is visible on Mars’ surface in the latest image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s ...

There aren’t any creepy crawlies on Mars, but fresh images from an orbiting probe show a swarm of ‘spiders’ seemingly scurrying across the planet’s dusty terrain. Of course, these aren’t real ...