Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars despite challenges such as its extreme climate, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water.

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, is gearing up for one of its most daring missions yet: sending its Starship rocket to Mars as early ...

A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...

A new study claims that a mineral found in Mars' dust called ferrihydrite, which forms in the presence of cool water, is likely what gives the planet its reddish hue.

Mars has fascinated people for centuries, not only because it is our closest neighbor in space but also because of its ...

With new data coming in from Mars, scientists have a new theory about why the planet is red. What does this mean for whether Mars once supported life?

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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.

"Mars is still the Red Planet. It’s just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed." Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as ...

Elon Musk announced that the Starship rocket will go to Mars at the end of next year. If the mission is successful, the first ...

One of the biggest reasons is the planet's reddish hue, earning the fourth rock from the sun one its most popular nicknames -- the "Red Planet." But what exactly gives the planet its iconic color?

The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its oceans or Saturn and its rings. However, our understanding of how the Red Planet got its signature hue might be wrong. A new ...