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Ben Turner

Mars was once a 'vacation-style' beach planet, Chinese rover scans reveal

A hypothetical picture of Mars 3.6 billion years ago, with the ocean Deuteronilus covering half the planet. .

Mars may once have been a prime holiday spot, with sandy beaches running along the shoreline of a large ocean, ground-penetrating radar by a Chinese rover has revealed.

The new findings, made by China's Zhurong rover during its journey across the Red Planet, are the latest evidence that Mars had a gigantic ocean called Deuteronilus more than 3 billion years ago.

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