People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars since ancient times. Because it appears reddish, it has often been called the red planet. Your blood is also red because of a mixture of ...

Siccar Point, photographed by the Curiosity rover, is near Mars' Gale Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars ...

Mars shining like a red star in the night sky, alongside the blue-tinged star Regulus. These two celestial bodies, though vastly different, currently offer a strikingly similar spectacle. Regulus, the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's main goal is to detect faint light from distant galaxies, but it recently observed one of the brightest objects in the night sky: Mars. The space observatory captured ...

Mars has captivated scientists and the public alike for centuries, not only for the remote possibility of alien life, but also the planet’s reddish hue. But what exactly gives the planet its iconic ...

NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured a photo of green auroras shining in the Martian sky for the first time. The alien light show, previously assumed to be impossible, could be visible to ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red has ...

Mars changed from a blue world with water to a red desert because its atmosphere escaped into space over billions of years.

“This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future astronauts on Mars’ surface." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. People from cultures across the world have been ...

Mars isn't a bright, fire-engine red, but the iron oxide in its rocks makes it appear redder than other planets, especially from afar. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...