{"id":52304,"date":"2025-03-12T20:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/new-study-explains-why-is-mars-red"},"modified":"2025-03-17T06:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T06:01:43","slug":"new-study-explains-why-is-mars-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/new-study-explains-why-is-mars-red","title":{"rendered":"New study explains why is Mars red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>For years, spacecraft have been studying Mars, revealing ancient signs of lakes and rivers that suggest the planet once had liquid water. New research is now shedding light on why Mars is covered in red dust.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent study published in Nature Communications, the red colour of Mars comes from iron oxides, commonly known as rust. This rust forms when liquid water is present, further supporting the idea that Mars once had water on its surface.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Wilson, a project scientist for the European Space Agency&#8217;s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express, explains that while Mars&#8217; atmosphere is extremely dry, this research shows that the rust on Mars is not as dry as previously thought.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The atmosphere of Mars is only a few hundredths of a percent water vapor, so it&#8217;ll be an extremely dry form of rust. But this latest research, conducted through a combination of observations from European and American orbiters and landers, really shows that the kind of rust we get on Mars is much more similar to the rust we are familiar with on Earth\u2014it has significant water content,&#8221; Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>The study, led by Adomas Valantinas of Brown University, reveals that Mars&#8217; rust is similar to Earth&#8217;s but with a higher water content. This finding shifts the understanding of how Mars acquired its red hue. Valantinas says, &#8220;Our study confirms previous findings that there was liquid water, but it changes our understanding of why and how Mars rusted. Now we know that Mars rusted when liquid water was present, and there must have been some form of oxygen\u2014possibly from the water, air, or other sources\u2014that helped the rusting process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mars, however, lacks rainfall, meaning the rust that formed billions of years ago has remained on the planet&#8217;s surface. &#8220;Mars does not have precipitation. There&#8217;s no rainfall, so all this material is being eroded by winds and spread across the planet. But it\u2019s not washed away. On Earth, dust like this is eventually cleaned up by rain. 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