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Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches, suggests a new study. The findings “strengthen” the case that the red planet was once home to alien lifeforms, say scientists. An international research team used data from a Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 to identify hidden layers of rock under the surface that strongly indicate the presence of an ancient northern ocean. The now-inactive rover, called Zhurong, operated between May 2021 and May 2022. It traveled 1.2 miles (1.9 kms) near escarpments thought to be an ancient shoreline four billion years ago when Mars had a…