The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Siccar Point, photographed by the Curiosity rover, is near Mars' Gale Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M ...

Scientists edge closer to answering Mars’ biggest question: Did life ever exist on the red planet? Here's the latest from two ...

Mars gets called the Red Planet so often that people picture a crimson sphere, almost like a hot coal drifting through space and glowing with heat. The real reason is less dramatic and more ...

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 minerals ...

Volcanic ash is creeping across the surface of Mars with startling speed. The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Mars Express ...

Scientists may finally know what gives Mars its red hue, and it’s turned the previous theory on its head. It has long been thought that the Red Planet got its coloring due to rusted iron minerals ...

Mars is called the Red Planet due to iron oxide covering its surface, giving it a rusty red appearance. This article explains ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Mars, the red planet, could be in for a global display of ...