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However, new analysis of spacecraft observations along with laboratory techniques suggests that Mars’ red color is better matched by iron oxides containing water, known as ferrihydrite.
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
However, not all iron oxides are the same, so experts have long debated the precise nature of Martian rust.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Because of the absence of liquid water on Mars’s surface today, those rusty red minerals were thought to arise from dry iron oxides present in the dust, such as hematite.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
The scientists decided that the planet’s red color more closely matches that of iron oxides containing water, called ferrihydrite.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
However, not all iron oxides are the same, so experts have long debated the precise nature of Martian rust.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Because of the absence of liquid water on Mars’s surface today, those rusty red minerals were thought to arise from dry iron oxides present in the dust, such as hematite.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
The scientists decided that the planet’s red color more closely matches that of iron oxides containing water, called ferrihydrite.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Iron oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20oxide. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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