A newly released image of Mars is giving us an unprecedented, richly detailed view of the planet. Captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, which has been surveying the Red ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With its reddish-hued surface and surroundings, Mars has more than earned its colorful nickname. But how would the Red Planet ...

What can Mars’ red hue that’s been observed for thousands of years teach us about when water existed on its surface potentially millions, or even billions, of years ago? This is what a recent study ...

Mars has captivated scientists and the public alike for centuries, not only for the remote possibility of alien life, but also the planet’s reddish hue. But what exactly gives the planet its iconic ...

Mars is known as the Red Planet, but scientists are still learning about what gives the planet its distinctive color. New research shows why the planet's surface has its rusty hue, and the findings ...

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. In a ...

Mars is easily identifiable in the night sky by its prominent red hue. Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied the planet over the last decades, we know that this red color is due to ...

Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a luminous mille-feuille of dust enveloping the red planet in unprecedented detail.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two very different halves. Deep inside ...