NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded unusual sounds as a Martian dust devil passed directly over the robotic vehicle in 2021, ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about whether Mars was ever able to support life.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught most of a dust devil plume in this 2008 image. The HiRise camera team said, "We got ...

Research published late last year indicated “seismic discontinuities in the Martian crust” that scientists believe could be an indicator of liquid water under the Martian surface, raising the ...

Once Mars dried out, this rusty rock was broken down into dust over billions of years. Strong winds blew this dust all over the planet’s surface, gradually turning Mars red. Signatures of the ...

The red coloration comes from iron minerals in Mars’ dust—no surprise there ... when liquid water was widespread on the planet’s surface. Iron oxide—which is now dispersed across Mars ...

Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied the planet over the last decades, we know that this red color is due to rusted iron minerals in the dust ... Mars still had water on its surface.

Because of the absence of liquid water on Mars’ surface today, those rusty red minerals were thought to arise from dry iron oxides present in the dust, such as hematite. But new analysis of ...

Until now, its role in Mars' surface composition was not well understood, but this new research suggests that it could be an important part of the dust that blankets the planet's surface.

open image in gallery Utilizing new techniques and data from spacecraft orbiting Mars and on its surface, scientists were able to recreate Martian dust. They used an advanced grinder (A.Valantinas ...

Over billions of years, the iron oxide broke down into dust and settled across the planet after being moved by Martian winds, which still spins up dust devils ... on the surface, Mars rusted ...