Mars has long been a symbol of humanity’s curiosity and ambition. Once the backdrop for science fiction tales, it’s now the focus of real-world plans for exploration, colonization, and survival. But ...

China's Zhurong Mars rover is adjusting to its first winter on the Red Planet while its companion orbiter Tianwen-1 continues to map the world from above.

A Chinese Mars rover may have found evidence of an ancient ocean on the arid Red Planet. According to a new paper in the journal Scientific Reports, China's Zhurong rover has discovered traces of ...

China's Mars rover discovered evidence of an ancient Red Planet beach. Here's why scientists are excited about this.

Mars may have once been a paradise with Earth-like oceans and balmy beaches that would have been ideal for harboring living organisms, according to a new study.

China’s Zhurong rover used ground-penetrating radar to find signs of beaches beneath Mars’ surface, adding evidence to the idea the planet hosted an ancient ocean.

China's Zhurong rover offers new evidence from ground-penetrating radar that Mars once had a large stable ocean in the northern lowlands.

Questions have swirled around the status of China's charismatic Zhurong Mars rover. The solar-powered rover went into a hibernation state in May 2022 thanks to a dust storm and cold conditions.

The story’s latest victim is the Zhurong Mars rover – operated by the China National Space Agency – and its true love is nowhere in sight.

China breaks silence over status of Mars rover Zhurong Zhurong should have woken from planned hibernation in December but a dust build-up has likely affected power generation.

New glimpses into the Martian subsurface by China's Zhurong rover reveal buried craters and other features.

Ground-penetrating radar from China's Martian rover Zhurong reveals shallow impact craters and other geologic structures in the top five meters of the red planet's surface.