However, the atmosphere of Mars is only 0.7% as thick as Earth’s, rendering Rayleigh scattering from the gas molecules in Mars’s atmosphere a negligible effect.

Mars rover Curiosity: Images from the red planet 51 photos Several types of worlds, the analysis showed, could trick astronomers into thinking they were perhaps habitable by aping Earth's special hue.

Researchers came up with a color scheme forhow our uniquely life-filled, ocean-soaked planet would appear to observerstens of light-years away.

What is the color of the sun? The sun's color is actually white, and here's why elements on Earth alter it's color.

The alien planet's blue color was pinned down using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. Although the planet might be the same color as Earth from space, scientists think that HD 189733b ...

Mars is a dry, rocky, cold, and dusty planet. Its dust is the key to its iconic red color. Now, scientists say there’s more to the story (Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS) ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

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The amount of visible light bouncing off a planet is typically small compared to light fluctuations in a star, making planets difficult to distinguish. Fortunately, HD 189733 b is large relative ...

Color me black? Alien planets with two suns sprout dark trees. If Tatooine had trees, would they be black? Scientists say that a planet with two suns might have black or gray plants, not green.

For the first time, scientists have captured the visible color of an alien planet, called HD 189733b, 63 light-years from Earth. See how the Hubble Telescope did it.