New research reveals that Mars once hosted vast oceans, with scientists discovering buried shorelines beneath its surface, ...

These findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, support the hypothesis of a past ocean in Mars' northern plains ...

Radar images captured by China's Zhurong Rover found evidence of a series of subterranean ridges indicating that a long-since dried up ocean once had a sandy shore.

Data from Zhurong provide an unprecedented look into rocks buried near a proposed shoreline billions of years old. The ...

The discovery is the latest evidence indicating the existence of this hypothesised ocean, called Deuteronilus.

New research using data from China's Zhurong rover suggests evidence of an ancient Martian ocean, challenging existing ...

In the 1970s, images from the NASA Mariner 9 orbiter revealed water-sculpted surfaces on Mars. This settled the once-controversial question of whether water ever rippled over the red planet. Since ...

A team of international researchers has analysed data collected by the Chinese Mars rover Zhurong and found evidence suggesting that the red planet once featured beaches, ocean with waves and wind, ...

China's Zhurong rover has uncovered evidence of ancient Martian beaches, suggesting a past ocean on Mars' northern plains.

The Red Planet once had "habitable environments, capable of harboring conditions friendly" toward life, researchers believe.