Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans ...

The New Scientist Book Club read Kim Stanley Robinson's acclaimed science fiction story about the first settlers on Mars in April – and had a lot to say about it ...

Mars' distinctive red color comes from the mineral ferrihydrite, which only forms in the presence of cool water, a new study claims. Ferrihydrite also forms at a lower temperature than other minerals ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission captured this view of Mars as it flew past on February 24, 2007. - ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team/MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM ...

Mars is easily identifiable in the night sky by its prominent red hue. Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied the planet over the last decades, we know that this red color is due to ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red has ...

Mars is immediately recognisable in the night sky by its red hue, but where does its iconic colour come from? Martian dust is mostly rust! Mars’s famed colour has captivated humankind for centuries, ...