The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...

European space researchers have discovered a bizarre phenomenon on Mars: thousands of dark formations resembling giant ...

Mars’s red dust may contain ferrihydrite, an iron mineral that forms in water. This suggests ancient Mars had water for ...

While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...

"We eagerly await the results from upcoming missions like ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover and the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return, which will allow us to probe deeper into what makes Mars red," adds Colin.

The fourth planet from the Sun is famously a rusty red—but scientists now believe we’ve been wrong about how it got its distinct hue. The red coloration comes from iron minerals in Mars ...

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 ...

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.

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to rovers on the ... Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera ESA / ESA Standard ...

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 ...

The stunning image of Mars featured here shows off the Red Planet’s renowned colour from the viewpoint of ESA’s Rosetta mission ... measurements from NASA Mars rovers Curiosity, Pathfinder ...