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The Red Dust on Mars Might Be a Different Mineral Than Scientists Thought, Shedding Light on the Planet's Past
Humans have been training telescopes on Mars for hundreds of years and gazing up at it for thousands. Despite the fact that ...
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This Mineral Is What Makes Mars Red — And It Shows the Planet Was Once Cold and Wet
For decades, scientists believed that Mars’ red color came from hematite, a type of iron oxide that forms under dry ...
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Mars' red color explained by surprising new research
New research has revealed that Martian dust's red hue comes from reactions that occurred in wet — not dry — conditions, and ...
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Why Is Mars Red? There's a New Story Behind the Red Planet's Coloring
By combining observations from space and experiments on Earth, scientists rethink the red planet's history and why it's red.
Scientists found huge beaches on Mars likely from a long gone ocean
Scientists have used orbiters and rovers to find dried streams, lakes, and gullies on Mars that hint at its watery past, but their cavalry of robots has struggled to prove the Red Planet ever had an ...