"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.

Mars – dusty, dry, and desert-clad – was once so rich in water it had not just lakes, but oceans, according to a new study. Observations using ground-penetrating radar have revealed underground ...

A Chinese rover found evidence of ancient beaches on Mars, suggesting the planet once had vast oceans 4 billion years ago. The discovery of sloping sand layers beneath the surface provides new ...

Study coauthor Michael Manga, a professor of Earth and planetary science at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues previously suggested that volcanic activity in the region, as ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...

China's Zhurong Mars rover, which has been exploring the planet's arid surface since May 2021, has made a fascinating discovery: ancient, "vacation-style" beaches. The findings, as detailed in a new ...

The first thing most people think of when they consider Mars is its deep red color. The Romans associated the planet with their god of war because it reminded them of blood while the ...

Credit: Robert Citron illustration Manga, who has long-believed in the ocean hypothesis, found the Zhurong data deeply satisfying. "Just the fact that you can go to Mars with a rover and move over ...

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 has found evidence of underground beaches in an area where an ancient sea is believed to have existed long ago.

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

the shape of Mars has changed. And so what used to be flat is no longer flat,” Manga said. But what scientists needed most to answer their questions were observations made from “boots on the ...