1 day ago · Now, researchers have analyzed radar data collected by a Mars rover and found buried sediments arranged much in the same way as terrestrial coastal deposits. The discovery is evidence that an ...

Feb 24, 2025 · Data from Zhurong provide an unprecedented look into rocks buried near a proposed shoreline billions of years old. The researchers claim to have found beach deposits from an ancient Martian...

Feb 25, 2025 · 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.

Feb 24, 2025 · By using both low- and high-frequency radar, the rover could detect buried rock formations and reveal details about Mars’ hidden geological history. By studying the underground sedimentary deposits, scientists are able to piece together a more complete picture of the red planet’s history, Cardenas explained.

Feb 24, 2025 · Mars today is a cold, dry, dusty planet with its only obvious water locked up in frozen polar ice caps. But billions of years ago, it appears to have had sandy beaches lapped by waves along the shoreline of a vast ocean. The evidence for beaches on Mars comes from a Chinese rover, called Zhurong, that landed on the planet in 2021.

Feb 25, 2025 · Mars may once have hosted a warm, ocean-bearing environment, according to new data collected by a rover that explored an area believed to be an ancient shoreline. The evidence points to buried “beach” deposits, shaped by waves over a long period – highlighting the possibility of large bodies of liquid water in the planet’s distant past.

Mar 4, 2025 · Imagine Mars a few billion years ago, with a vast ocean and sunny, sandy beaches. In 2023 and 2024, scientists in China said the Zhurong rover found evidence for an ancient ocean on Mars.

RoPeR profiles in southern Utopia Planitia reveal numerous buried dipping structures consistent with deposition in coastal environments, adding key information to the geological evolution. It is also valuable subsurface evidence of ancient ocean sedimentary deposits supporting the past existence of an ocean in the northern lowlands of Mars.

Feb 25, 2025 · The buried beach could represent the first evidence of a true ocean from Mars' ancient past, and its presence means the Red Planet must have had an ocean for millions of years — long enough to ...

However, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is now providing more evidence of Mars’ oceans thanks to the discovery of buried beaches across the...