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Ben Turner

Long, dark 'streaks' spotted on Mars aren't what scientists thought

An aerial image of the surface of Mars showing dark streaks across the terrain.

Mysterious dark streaks flowing across Mars's surface may not be the result of running water after all, a new artificial intelligence (AI) analysis suggests.

The streaks, first observed running along Mars's cliffsides and crater walls by NASA's Viking mission in 1976, were long thought by scientists to have formed as a result of the flow of ancient water across the now mostly desiccated planet's surface.

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