Mars has always captured human imagination with its striking red hues and mysterious landscapes. Recent images from NASA’s ...
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.
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.
Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the study.
SpaceX, the private space travel company run by Elon Musk, has just released details of its plans to send a human colony to ...
A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...