{"id":2146,"date":"2025-02-25T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/mars-formerly-had-an-ocean-with-sandy-beaches\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:03:26","slug":"mars-formerly-had-an-ocean-with-sandy-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/mars-formerly-had-an-ocean-with-sandy-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars formerly had an ocean with sandy beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mars was once home to an ocean with sandy beaches.

\nScientists have discovered that the Red Planet once boasted sandy shores after analysing below-ground imaging data from China’s Zhurong rover.

\nThe experts say that data from the northern lowlands of Mars are similar to those obtained at shorelines on Earth using ground-penetrating radar – with both indicating features in the subsurface material that are tilted in the direction of the ocean.

\nDr. Benjamin Cardenas, a co-author of the research from Penn State University, said: “It’s a simple structure, but it tells you there had to be tides, there had to be waves, there had to be a nearby river supplying sediment, and all these things had to be active for some extended period of time.”

\nHe added: “A beach is an interface between shallow water, air and land. It’s these sorts of environments where it’s thought life first came to be on Earth, and I think it would be a great place to send a follow-up mission looking for signs of past life.”
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