Searching for life on Mars

A view of the Utopia Planitia region on Mars which is believed to be the site of an ancient ocean. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA

Scientists discover 3 billion-year-old beach buried on Mars

Researchers have found evidence of a beach on the Utopia Plain on Mars, strengthening the hypothesis that an ocean once covered a large part of the planet and its influence may have been evident for a longer time than previously thought.