Hematite, a form of iron oxide similar to rust, has been found on the Moon, and until now, the source was a confounding mystery. When scientists examined the data returned by India's first lunar ...

A new investigation into rust on the Moon implicates Earth as the culprit. Oxygen leaking out of Earth is likely responsible for the transformation of iron to hematite (Fe 2 O 3) at the lunar poles.

For years, the Moon was seen as a dry, grey, and almost lifeless world. That is why a new discovery has surprised scientists. They have found hematite — a reddish iron oxide better known as rust — on ...

This spectrum captured by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity’s mini-thermal emission spectrometer shows the presence of grey hematite in the martian soil at Meridiani Planum, Mars. On Earth, ...

A team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has confirmed that hematite, the most abundant iron ore on the planet and a staple of ...