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The Red Dust on Mars Might Be a Different Mineral Than Scientists Thought, Shedding Light on the Planet's Past
Humans have been training telescopes on Mars for hundreds of years and gazing up at it for thousands. Despite the fact that scientists have now sent more spacecraft to Mars than any other ...
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Why Mars Is Red Has Always Been a Mystery. Now, NASA Knows Why.
If you're one of the many people who have wondered exactly why the planet Mars has a red color — so red ... which is a "hydrated iron oxide-bearing mineral," is the key mineral that makes up Mars' red ...
Why Is Mars Red? Scientists Have A New Theory
With new data coming in from Mars, scientists have a new theory about why the planet is red. What does this mean for whether ...
Why Mars is red and what it reveals about its ancient past, new study explains
A recent study has revealed that the red color of Mars is due to ferrihydrite, an iron oxide mineral. This finding suggests that Mars once had liquid ...
We might be wrong about the color of Mars, scientists say
Scientists might have been wrong about perhaps the most obvious thing about Mars: the red colour that gave it its nickname. Earthlings have known about the existence of Mars, the fourth planet from ...