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

China's Zhurong rover has found evidence of an ancient shoreline buried deep beneath the planet. That could point to an ocean ...

Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as just the "Red Planet" — but new ...

Scientists suggest that the main reason for Mars’ red colour could be the water-rich iron mineral ferrihydrite. The discovery ...

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

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 ...

New findings provide evidence that Mars may have had a vast ocean around 3.5 to 4 billion years ago. During this period, the ...

The Red Planet, as it’s often called, has a distinct hue, and a new theory about this coloration could have implications for ...

Earth may now be home to the most glorious beaches in the solar system , but 3 billion years ago, it may have been Mars that ...

Data obtained by the Chinese Zhurong Martian rover has revealed what look like sandy beaches on Mars's northern plains.

Mars’s signature red hue may not be due to hematite, as previously believed, but rather to ferrihydrite — an iron oxide that ...

The Red Planet’s iconic rusty dust has a much wetter history than previously assumed, find scientists combining European ...