Set in a 738 acre Denver Mountain Park, Red Rocks Amphitheatre is no ordinary stage — it’s also a geological wonder. Discover ...

NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, fired its laser at some oddly pale rocks on the surface of the Red Planet—and found evidence that Mars may have once been warm, wet ...

We have red rocks and dust on Earth, for instance in Canyonlands National Park in Utah, or the Grand Canyon in Arizona. "The rust-colored grains within rock likely contain minerals made up of iron ...

Over billions of years, the iron in the planet’s rocks has reacted with ... has always explained why Mars is so red. But the ...

orbiters and landers have provided scientists with data showing that Mars’ red color comes from rusted iron minerals within the dust that coats the planet. At some point, iron within rocks on ...

At some point in the Red Planet’s 4.5 to 4.6 billion year history, the iron bound up in its rocks reacted with water ... type of iron oxide must be a mineral called hematite.

Mars has fascinated people for centuries, not only because it is our closest neighbor in space but also because of its ...

We have red rocks and dust on Earth ... We found that ferrihydrite mixed with basalt, a volcanic rock, best fits the minerals seen by spacecraft at Mars,” lead author Adomas Valantinas, a ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about whether Mars was ever able to support life.