Mars, China and Zhurong

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 Zhurong Mars rover: 'This strengthens the case for past habitability'
China's Mars rover discovered evidence of an ancient Red Planet beach. Here's why scientists are excited about this.
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
Ancient Mars Once Boasted 'Vacation-Style' Beaches
"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.
New evidence suggests Mars once had ‘vacation-style beaches’
The evidence comes from data collected by China’s Zhurong Mars rover, which landed in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars in 2021. Unlike other rovers traversing the planet, Zhurong arrived with high- and low-frequency radar systems that allow it to conduct ground-penetrating scans of the Martian subsurface.
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.
China’s Mars rover makes stunning discovery in search for evidence of ancient water
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.
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.
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 ...
Mars once possibly featured ‘vacation-style’ beaches, bodies of water perfect for sun-loving Martians: study
Mars may have once been a paradise with Earth-like oceans and balmy beaches that would have been ideal for harboring living ...
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 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 ...
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Water, Oxygen, and Iron Are What Made Planet Mars Red All Over
A new study conducted using existing data on Mars points to ferrihydrite, a substance that forms in the presence of water, ...
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Beauty of Beaches on Mars Once Rivaled Those on Earth
Earth may now be home to the most glorious beaches in the solar system , but 3 billion years ago, it may have been Mars that ...
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 ...