Zhurong Rover Unveils Ancient Polygonal Terrain Under Mars' Utopia Planitia

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 21, 2023

A team of researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) has made a significant discovery using the Zhurong rover's ground-penetrating radar on Mars. Their study, conducted in the expansive Utopia Planitia region, reveals buried palaeo-polygonal terrain, suggesting that this area experienced considerable climatic variability in ancient Martia