Thanks to new research techniques published today, scientists say that "our understanding of why Mars is red has been ...

Mars, the red planet, owes its iconic color to a very specific chemical process. But new research suggests that this rusty hue hides a more complex history than previously thought. For ...

Together, orbiters and landers have provided scientists with data showing that Mars’ red color comes from rusted iron minerals within ... ESA are hoping to use a complex series of missions ...

Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied Mars over the last decades we know that the red colour is due to iron minerals in the soil rusting. That is, iron bound up in the chemistry of ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about ...

The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green—ruby red and ... which contains iron. Investigating the colors of compounds containing transition ...