Now, he says, "our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed." The new explanation for the reddish color – the rusty-colored dust known as ferrihydrite – also will help our ...
The fourth planet from the Sun is famously a rusty red—but scientists now believe we’ve been wrong about how it got its distinct hue. The red coloration comes from iron minerals in Mars ...
It’s just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed." Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as just the "Red Planet" — but ...