The reason why Mars is called the Red Planet is because of its reddish appearance when seen from space and Earth. Mars is red due to iron oxide commonly known as rust. The reddish appearance created ...

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 ...

It’s not martian regolith, bu it’s the closest chemical match available to the dirt in Gale Crater. (Image: Swinburne University) Every school child can tell you these days that Mars is red because it ...

There's been a lot of talk this week about our neighboring planet Mars. The main subject of wishful thinking for the dreamers on our own Earth, the ball of rock we affectionately call the Red Planet ...