The colour of Mars has been hotly debated over the years, as has whether there has ever been life on the planet ...

Mars’s red dust may contain ferrihydrite, an iron mineral that forms in water. This suggests ancient Mars had water for ...

For the first time, researchers have found evidence that people were using red ochre in West Africa ... A natural pigment containing iron oxide and clay, the reddish material was used by ...

Well that’s ruined all my lectures! I’ve spent years talking about space and a go to fact is the red colour of Mars. It’s ...

Until now, scientists believed that hematite, a dry iron oxide, was responsible for the planet's red color. However, new analyses reveal that ferrihydrite ... likely due to the non-linear mixing with ...