A new study suggests so. Using data from a Mars rover, a team of scientists have identified hidden layers of rock under the Red Planet's surface that strongly indicate the presence of an ancient ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with ...

Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves according to a new study. Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves ...

An international team of scientists used data from China's Zhurong Mars rover to unearth hidden layers of rock underneath the planet’s surface that strongly suggest the presence of an ancient ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found possible hints of ancient life on Mars ― one of the strongest signs yet of Martian life, according to planetary scientists. Dark-rimmed ‘leopard spots ...

The now-inactive rover, called Zhurong, operated for a year, between May 2021 and May 2022. It traveled 1.9 kilometers (1.2 miles) roughly perpendicular to escarpments thought to be an ancient ...

An international team of scientists, including Penn State researchers, used data from the Zhurong Mars rover to identify hidden layers of rock under the planet’s surface that strongly suggest ...

Go back a mere four billion years, and Mars could have been the perfect destination for a summer holiday. According to scientists, hidden underneath the red planet is evidence that there were once ...

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 ...

Related: Europe’s first Mars rover will use nuclear-powered heaters. ] This new analysis combining spacecraft observations with some newly developed laboratory techniques shows that Mars’ red ...

The tough environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the fire god Zhurong, a character in ...

Sedimentary rocks are often a particular focus of investigations, because they can contain evidence of water—and therefore life—on Mars. For example, the NASA Perseverance rover is currently ...