Learning more about Mars history, and how the planet formed and evolved throughout time, has been a goal for astronomers for decades.Now, though, a new discovery could give us insight into the Red ...

But while the earthbound feature is made of limestone, a sedimentary rock, Atoko Point on the Red Planet is composed of pyroxene and feldspar, components of igneous and metamorphic rocks.

The Mars 'avocado' is the latest in a long line of Red Planet rocks that look like things. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped a new photo of a Red Planet rock that looks a lot like an avocado ...

Due to its rusty red appearance caused by iron oxide in its soil, Mars has always been known as the Red Planet. However, recent images reveal the Martian landscape is actually quite blue. In some ...

NASA's Mars rover Perserverance snapped this photo of a possible meteorite on the Red Planet on June 23, 2023. This image, processed by Stuart Atkinson, is a refined view based on Perseverance's ...

The Perseverance rover has uncovered a compelling red rock on Mars that contains blobs of green, hinting at the stone’s composition. The “enigmatic” rock, as NASA described it in a press ...

Due to its rusty red appearance caused by iron oxide in its soil, Mars has always been known as the Red Planet. However, recent images reveal the Martian landscape is actually quite blue.

Blue boulders have been seen on the surface of Mars in a vast crater believed to have been created by an asteroid. Volcanic basalt stones with an azure tinge were photographed by the car-sized ...

“Tantalizing” Mars rocks strengthen the idea the Red Planet once hosted life. News from Mars has NASA "whetting our appetite for what’s next." by Doris Elín Urrutia. Sep. 15, 2022.

If Mars had plate tectonics, those also stopped long ago. This means its rocks don’t cycle back into the mantle and re-melt as consistently as Earth’s do. Less than 5 percent of Earth is composed of ...