A new study suggests the iron oxide responsible for the red planet's distinctive hue is ferrihydrite, pointing to the bygone presence of water, an important ingredient for life ...

Extended to 1.5 billion hectares of cropped land in the world, and that is a lot of rock dust. I shudder at the carbon emissions from crushing it, trucking it to distant fields and spreading it (1 ...

It’s possible that in addition to being in the dust, ferrihydrite is also in layers of Martian rock. And the best way to tell will be to obtain actual samples of rocks and dust from the red planet.

Powerful winds tore through the New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle on Friday, with gusts approaching 100 mph in some places.

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