China's Zhurong rover has found evidence of an ancient shoreline buried deep beneath the planet. That could point to an ocean, a beach, and to life.

Mars’ thick crust may have been a hidden engine of geological activity, producing granitic magmas and sustaining underground ...

A team of international researchers has analyzed data collected by the Chinese Mars rover Zhurong and found evidence ...

"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

“We’re finding places on Mars that used to look like ancient beaches and ancient river deltas,” Benjamin Cardenas, a Penn State assistant professor of geology and study co-author, said in an ...

NASA’s Perseverance crushed Martian rocks, revealing minerals linked to ancient water. This innovative “rock smooshing” ...

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“We’re finding places on Mars that used to look like ancient beaches and ancient river deltas,” said Benjamin Cardenas, the study co-author and assistant professor of geology at Penn State.

The Zhurong rover landed on Mars in 2021 in an area known as Utopia Planitia and sent back data on the geology of its surroundings in search of signs of ancient water or ice. Unlike other rovers ...