To test their hypothesis based on the seismic ... there could be enough water deep underground on Mars to cover the surface in a global ocean between 0.62 to 1.24 miles (1 and 2 kilometers ...

They don't look like lava flows. That's when we started thinking about oceans." Apart from supporting the hypothesis that Mars' northern hemisphere and its north pole were once covered in a ...

The blue areas show the depth of the ocean filled to the shoreline level of the ... As Manga noted, "This was a super challenging hypothesis test too. A rover has to land on Mars, carry and use ...

A new study reveals that Mars had sun-scorched beaches with waves breaking on ancient ocean shores. Data from China's Zhurong rover indicates sandy beach deposits on Mars from 3.6 billion years ...

Many scientists think that Mars used to have an ocean that covered up to a third of the planet, but the theory is still debated. New data from China's Zhurong rover strengthens the case for an ...

The ocean - known as Deuteronilus - would have existed roughly 3.5 to four billion years ago, a time when Mars had a thicker ... but we rejected that hypothesis for similar reasons based on ...

If Mars’s influence on Earth really is causing these whirling pools in our deep oceans, then it helps provide us with more information about the natural climate cycles that our planet experiences.

China's Zhurong rover, which landed on Mars in 2021, has found new geological ... adding significant insights to the ocean hypothesis. The Zhurong mission detected geological features associated ...

China’s Zhurong rover found underground beach-like deposits, strengthening the case for a Mars ocean 4 billion years ago. If Mars had beaches, it means large, ice-free oceans once existed ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground. Persuasive new evidence supporting the possibility of liquid water deep ...

"They don't look like an impact crater. They don't look like lava flows. That's when we started thinking about oceans." Apart from supporting the hypothesis that Mars' northern hemisphere and its ...