Iron oxide is responsible for Mars’s red colour, which requires water to form. Research published in "Nature Communications" ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Scientists have long surmised that rusty iron oxide is what made Mars red: Thanks to the fleet of spacecraft that have studied Mars over the ...

Mystery of where all the carbon dioxide went that once made the red planet far more hospitable has puzzled scientists for ...

As Mars seemingly lacked Earth-like plate tectonics ... a hypothesis supported by the presence of sulfate and iron-oxide minerals found within the sample. But this process was top-heavy, pulling ...

But that’s all just changed, thanks to data collected by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Information recovered from three drill sites reveals the presence of siderite, an iron carbonate mineral.

The dust present on Mars contains harmful substances such as silica, gypsum, iron oxides, and perchlorates, and it could pose life-threatening risks to astronauts, according to a new study. Robotic ...

A new image of the Mawrth Vallis region on Mars shows a landscape abundant in iron, magnesium, and aluminium, highlighting the planet’s mineral diversity. The European Colour and Stereo Surface ...

According to Wang, "many of the hazards including silica and iron oxides can cause pulmonary disease ... In short, it's yet another sign that traveling to Mars will be an extremely dangerous ...