Mars once had an ocean with sandy beaches, researchers say

China’s Zhurong rover finds evidence of shoreline buried deep underground

Mars may not seem like a prime holiday spot with its arid landscape and punishing radiation levels, but it once boasted beaches, researchers have found.

While previous discoveries of features including valley networks and sedimentary rocks has suggested the red planet once had flowing rivers, there has been debate among scientists over whether it also had oceans.

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