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Sharmila Kuthunur

China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean

Two devices next to one another on the surface of Mars.

Happy Martian New Year! Today marks the start of a new year on the Red Planet, the 38th since humans began counting in 1956.

The Martian new year begins with data from a now-defunct rover spotting what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere. Scientists studying data sent home by China's Zhurong rover say the findings offer fresh support to the decades-old hypothesis that an ancient ocean covered the Martian north billions of years ago.

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