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Scientists have long believed Mars' red color came from rusted iron minerals like hematite, but new research reveals ferrihydrite, an iron oxide formed in water, may be the true cause, suggesting the ...

The fundamental question of why Mars is red has been considered for hundreds if not for thousands of years,” Adam Valantinas, ...

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 ...

The study, led by Adomas Valantinas of Brown University and published in Nature Communications, has confirmed the real reason ...

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

Vincent Chevrier, associate research professor at the University of Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, is part ...

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 ...

Findings suggested that the Red Planet got its color from ferrihydrite, a form of iron oxide that needs water to form, rather than hematite — which is what’s been long thought as the reason be ...

Mars' distinctive red color comes from the mineral ferrihydrite, which only forms in the presence of cool water, a new study claims. Ferrihydrite also forms at a lower temperature than other ...