Mars has fascinated astronomers for centuries, earning the nickname Red Planet due to its striking rust-colored appearance. For decades, scientists attributed this distinctive hue to iron ...

For the fourth year in a row, iridescent clouds of frozen CO2 are lighting the Martian sky. The clouds appear in the same ...

Martian dust is mostly rust. Mars’s famed color has captivated humankind for centuries, earning its nickname of the ‘Red Planet’. Romans named Mars for their god of war because its colour was ...

And last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured both noctilucent ... rare sight—they may be only capable of forming above specific regions of Mars. Both the Curiosity and Pathfinder rovers ...

Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the study.

Discover why Mars is red with NASA & ESA’s latest study. New research reveals that ferrihydrite, an iron oxide formed in water, is responsible for Mars’s rusty hue, challenging previous dry oxidation ...

The twilight clouds were first seen on Mars by NASA's Pathfinder mission in 1997 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared a breathtaking video of colourful clouds in the ...

"Probably taken a 1,000 images or so in the past week of them." Iridescent clouds were first seen on Mars by NASA’s Pathfinder mission in 1997. Curiosity didn’t observe them until two decades ...

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the ...

Mars is famous for its red hue, which comes from rusted iron minerals in its dust. These minerals are formed when iron reacts with water or oxygen, just like rust on Earth.

The phenomenon of twilight clouds was first observed on Mars in 1997 during NASA’s Pathfinder mission. However, it wasn’t until 2019 that the Curiosity Rover captured the first-ever images of ...