"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 ...

China's Zhurong rover has collected data that suggests that Mars may have had oceans and beaches millions of years ago.

Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against ... “They don’t look like an impact crater. They don’t look ...

Data from China's Zhurong rover on Mars suggests an ancient ocean and strengthens evidence that the planet was once warm, wet, and habitable.

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 has found evidence of underground beaches in an area where an ancient sea is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples contain life, which could have unforeseen consequences.

If the findings hold up, the buried shorelines tell a compelling story of the last days of oceans on Mars. Based on the ...

New research provides the clearest evidence yet that Mars once contained a significant body of water and a more habitable environment for life.

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once ...

The “Mars ocean theory” has long been the topic of discussion among scientists and cartographers due to Mars’s geography, which suggests a large northern ocean once existed on its surface. Martian ...