Martian dust is mostly rust. Mars’s famed color has captivated humankind for centuries, earning its nickname of the ‘Red Planet’. Romans named Mars for their god of war because its colour was ...

The fundamental question of why Mars is red has been considered for hundreds if not for thousands of years,” Adam Valantinas, ...

and scientists believe it may actually be a ringed planet, despite evidence that a ring shouldn’t be possible at that distance. What’s really confusing about the ring surrounding this planet ...

The rings, influenced by Saturn's magnetic field, are gradually being pulled into the planet. The phenomenon of "ring rain" may lead to their disappearance in the future. Saturn, a gas giant with ...

Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets ...