Instead, Mars' red color is better matched by ferrihydrite — an iron oxide that contains water — and so the hue must have ...

But how the Red Planet lost its water, leaving behind the arid world we see today, is still up for debate. Now, a new challenge to a recent theory surrounding vast amounts of water stored beneath ...

Mars, once a planet abundant with water, now lies as a barren, arid expanse. Its surface features reveal a history where ...

China's Zhurong Mars rover, which has been exploring the planet's arid surface since May 2021, has made a fascinating discovery: ancient, "vacation-style" beaches. The findings, detailed in a new ...

Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars, the US space agency NASA said Monday. "Mars is not the dry, arid planet we thought of in the past," Jim Green, NASA's planetary science director ...

The Earth is home to some of the most breath-taking landscapes, but it also harbours regions so extreme that they challenge ...

The Mars water debate continues. A team of scientists suggests vast oceans of water may not be locked within the Red Planet's ...