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.

Mars once featured sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves from an ancient ocean, a new study suggests. Why it matters: The research marks the "clearest evidence yet" that the Red Planet once contained a major body of water and a more livable environment for life,

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

China's Mars rover discovered evidence of an ancient Red Planet beach. Here's why scientists are excited about this.

Mars – dusty, dry, and desert-clad – was once so rich in water it had not just lakes, but oceans, according to a new study. Observations using ground-penetrating radar have revealed underground features consistent with beaches on the red planet,

Strange, tilted geological formations spotted on Mars may be ancient beaches on the shore of a huge ocean, data from China's Zhurong rover suggests.