The Mars Express orbiter launched to the Red Planet. Twenty years later, ESA has delivered a high resolution color image of ...

We may have been wrong about how Mars got its characteristic red hue, a new study reveals. The Red Planet owes its ruddy complexion to rusted iron minerals, dispersed across billions of years by winds ...

ESA's first mission to another world, the Mars Express orbiter, began circling the Red Planet on June 2, 2003. Ever since, ...

We’ve always known Mars as the Red Planet — but it turns out, we may have had the reason why wrong. If so, it could revise much of what we know about the history of our smaller neighbor planet. In a ...

What can Mars’ red hue that’s been observed for thousands of years teach us about when water existed on its surface potentially millions, or even billions, of years ago? This is what a recent study ...

Scientists might have been wrong about perhaps the most obvious thing about Mars: the red colour behind its nickname Earthlings have known about the existence of Mars, the fourth planet from the sun ...

A stunning new true-color mosaic of Mars is transforming how scientists—and the public—see the Red Planet. For decades, Mars has been portrayed in exaggerated reds and browns, often adjusted for ...

In the world of cinema, talking about Mars is to go back in time and remember scenes from the film 'Total Recall' and the ...

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 ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has captured a magnificent postcard from the Red Planet — a 360-degree color view that offers a glimpse of the rover's colorful and apparently diverse surroundings.

Mars has captivated scientists and the public alike for centuries, not only for the remote possibility of alien life, but also the planet’s reddish hue. But what exactly gives the planet its iconic ...

New research suggests Mars was once a blue planet, as scientists identify river deltas and signs of a vast ancient ocean on ...