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

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A new study claims that a mineral found in Mars' dust called ferrihydrite, which forms in the presence of cool water, is ...

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A new study suggests the iron oxide responsible for the red planet’s distinctive hue is ferrihydrite, pointing to the bygone presence of water, an important ingredient for life Margherita Bassi ...

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A new study conducted using existing data on Mars points to ferrihydrite, a substance that forms in the presence of water, ...

Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the ...

Scientists have a new theory on why Mars is red, and it may mean that water was more widespread on the planet than previously ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...

Mars’s signature red hue may not be due to hematite, as previously believed, but rather to ferrihydrite — an iron oxide that requires water to form. Using a combination of spacecraft data and ...