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.

ESA's Hera spacecraft for planetary defense performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft's ...

This is a simulated view of Mars from a vantage point 2500 km above the colossal Valles Marineris canyon system, with enhanced colour and contrast (at this relatively low altitude, the planet’s polar ...

This suggests that Mars may have had an environment capable of sustaining ... with ferrihydrite particles and other minerals under simulated Martian conditions. “Martian dust is very small ...

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Iron oxide on Mars turned the planet red over billions of years ... They tested how light interacts with this simulated dust and compared it to spectral data collected on the planet.

“These findings were then compared to laboratory experiments, where the team tested how light interacts with ferrihydrite particles and other minerals under simulated ... Mars are brought back ...