China's Zhurong Mars rover, which has been exploring the planet's arid surface since May 2021, has made a fascinating discovery: ancient, "vacation-style" beaches. The findings, as detailed in a new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offer the "clearest evidence yet" that Mars once contained huge bodies of water and therefore could've been amenable to life. "We’re finding places on Mars that used to look like ancient beaches and ancient river deltas," said Penn State assistant professor of geology and coauthor Benjamin Cardenas in a statement. "We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage […]

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