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Mars has been called the Red Planet for centuries, but a 2025 study suggests its colour comes largely from ferrihydrite—an iron mineral that typically forms rapidly in cool liquid water. If the identification is correct, Mars did not rust only after becoming a desert: much of its famous red dust formed while the ancient planet was still wet.

1+ week, 1+ day ago (1584+ words) A 2025 spectral and laboratory study points to hydrated ferrihydrite as the chief pigment in Martian dust, tying the planet's colour to its wetter ancient climate. By Deep Field · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit From Earth, Mars…...

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spacedaily.com > m-a-dark-rock-picked-off-the-gravel-plains-of-oman-turned-out-to-be-a-piece-of-mars-blasted-off-the-planet-by-an-impact-it-now-rides-aboard-perseverance-as-a-calibration-target-back-on-the-world-it-c

A dark rock picked off the gravel plains of Oman turned out to be a piece of Mars, blasted off the planet by an impact. It now rides aboard Perseverance as a calibration target, back on the world it came from

1+ mon, 3+ day ago (467+ words) A meteorite that fell to Earth from Mars now helps calibrate instruments on a rover exploring the Red Planet—a cosmic round trip that took 300,000 years. By Space Daily Editorial Team Published August 11, 2026 · How we edit In 1999, out on the…...

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The Grand Canyon looks vast until you set it beside Valles Marineris on Mars, a single rift so long it would stretch clear across the United States and in places plunges up to seven kilometres deep, making it the largest canyon in the solar system

1+ mon, 3+ week ago (918+ words) If Valles Marineris were placed on Earth, it could extend from California to New York. By Mal James · Editorial process Published July 23, 2026 If Valles Marineris were placed on Earth, it could extend from California to New York. It is not…...

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spacedaily.com > t-we-have-mapped-the-surface-of-mars-the-moon-and-venus-in-sharper-detail-than-the-floor-of-our-own-ocean-most-of-which-no-human-instrument-has-ever-seen-up-close

We have mapped the surface of Mars, the Moon and Venus in sharper detail than the floor of our own ocean, most of which no human instrument has ever seen up close

2+ mon, 5+ day ago (569+ words) Published July 8, 2026 Here is a claim that sounds like an exaggeration and is not: the best global maps of Mars, the Moon and Venus resolve finer detail than the best global map of the floor of our own ocean. The…...