For centuries – maybe millennia – humans have wondered how Mars gets its red hue, but a recent study has some answers.
The study revealed that another mineral, ferrihydrite, a water-rich ferric oxyhydroxide, is widely present in Martian dust ...
The grey mineral on Mars that points to a watery world may be a mirage, say researchers. Grey hematite, the main reason the rover Opportunity was sent to Meridiani Planum on the Red Planet, may in ...