What color is the sunset on Mars?

[5-7-2022] Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz Question: What are the only two planets in our solar system without moons?

The given options are:

• Blue
• Mauve
• Red

Correct Answer: Blue

Fact: Mars’ atmosphere has fine dust particles that permit blue light to penetrate the atmosphere more efficiently than longer-wavelength colors. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured another blue view of the Sun sinking below the Martian horizon; the imaging team made it into a short movie in 2015.

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All three questions from today’s Bing Homepage Quiz are below. You can find their answers by visiting those pages.

1. This giant telescope is on the edge of the driest nonpolar desert on Earth. What’s it called?
2. What are the only two planets in our solar system without moons?
3. What color is the sunset on Mars?