NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft has just taken its milestone 100,000th photo of the Red Planet using its ...

For centuries – maybe millennia – humans have wondered how Mars gets its red hue, but a recent study has some answers.

Mars, our closest planetary neighbour, has long been known as the 'Red Planet' – but a new discovery has turned the reason for its distinctive colouring on its head. New research suggests that Mars' ...

For centuries, Mars has captivated the human imagination. Its reddish appearance has earned it the nickname “The Red Planet,” but is it really as red as we’ve been led to believe? While Mars certainly ...

The GoMars project is attempting something planetary scientists have wanted for decades: a continuous, high fidelity ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its ...

A new study suggests that Mars’s red colour is better matched by iron oxides containing water, known as ferrihydrite. Everyone knows Mars is the “red planet,” but a new study is reshaping scientists’ ...

Siccar Point, photographed by the Curiosity rover, is near Mars' Gale Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars ...

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 planet ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been flying our the red planet for the last 20 years, beaming back images of its ...

On average, Martian time ticks roughly 477 millionths of a second faster than terrestrial clocks per Earth day. But the Red ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...