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 Science Laboratory Our How Things Work feature for November 2011 focuses on the landing of the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory in August 2012. But that will be just the start of this most ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring the rugged, red terrain of Mars, has sent back a striking image of the planet’s rocky landscape, igniting excitement and curiosity among space enthusiasts ...

It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron ... and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with advanced laboratory experiments. Findings suggested that ...

With new data coming in from Mars, scientists have a new theory about why the planet is red. What does this mean for whether ...

This new analysis combining spacecraft observations with some newly developed laboratory techniques ... still be debating just how Mars got so red. Laura is a science news writer, covering a ...

Researchers are looking underfoot to uncover the mysterious past of Mars: Martian regoliths in ... models fail to account for the fact that laboratory experiments have demonstrated that the ...