Mars, China and rover

Chinese rover may have discovered ancient beach on Mars
Chinese officials said their Mars rover may have found an ancient beach on the Red Planet. The Zhurong Rover made the discovery in 2021 while exploring Mars’ utopia basin, a region dating back four billion years.
Ancient beach on Mars discovered by China's Mars rover: 'This strengthens the case for past habitability'
"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with sandy beaches.
China's Zhurong rover discovers ancient beach evidence on Mars' Utopia Basin
New research from China's Mars rover has found evidence of an ancient beach on the planet.In 2021, The Zhurong rover landed in the 'Utopia Basin,' an area of th
China’s Mars rover makes stunning discovery in search for evidence of ancient water
China’s Zhurong rover and its ground-penetrating radar detected the ancient shorelines when it operated from May 2021 to May 2022. The rover landed in Utopia Planitia, a plain within the largest ...
Mars Rover Finds Ancient Sandy Beaches — What To Know
Data from China's Zhurong rover on Mars suggests an ancient ocean and strengthens evidence that the planet was once warm, wet, and habitable.
Evidence of beaches from ancient Martian ocean detected by Chinese rover
Ground-penetrating radar data obtained by China’s Zhurong rover has revealed buried beneath the Martian surface evidence of what look like sandy beaches from the shoreline of a large ocean that may have existed long ago on the northern plains of Mars.
‘Vacation-style’ beaches may have existed on ancient Mars
China’s Zhurong rover used ground-penetrating radar to find signs of beaches beneath Mars’ surface, adding evidence to the idea the planet hosted an ancient ocean.
Mars’ Lost Ocean? Stunning New Evidence Found Beneath the Surface
Mars may have once had a vast, ice-free ocean, according to new evidence from China’s Zhurong rover. Using ground-penetrating ...
Billions of Years Ago, Mars Featured Beaches Fit for a Vacation, Astronomers Say
Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.
Scientists found huge beaches on Mars likely from a long gone ocean
Scientists have used orbiters and rovers to find dried streams, lakes, and gullies on Mars that hint at its watery past, but ...
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Mars once boasted ‘vacation-style’ sandy beaches, study suggests
Mars wasn't always the dusty red desert we know today. Billions of years ago, waves may have crashed against sandy beaches ...
Scientists have discovered a 3-billion-year-old beach buried on Mars
In the 1970s, images from the NASA Mariner 9 orbiter revealed water-sculpted surfaces on Mars. This settled the ...
Gulf of Mars: Stunning Rover Data Reveals Hidden Martian Shoreline
Mars wasn’t always a dry, desolate world—it may have had sunlit beaches and rolling ocean waves, just like Earth. A new study ...