The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

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 ...

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.

Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 has found evidence of underground beaches in an area where an ancient sea is believed to have existed long ago.

The rover landed in Utopia Planitia, a plain within the largest known impact basin on Mars, near a series of ridges ... it was in the interaction between oceans and land, so this is painting ...

The evidence comes from data collected by China’s Zhurong Mars rover, which landed in the Utopia ... it was in the interaction between oceans and land, so this is painting a picture of ancient ...