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Mars dust doesn't explain one of the solar system's weirdest clouds

An unusually long, thin cloud stretches over Mars each year near the Arsia Mons volcano, and new research indicates dust particles alone cannot account for its formation. Scientists are still working to explain the phenomenon, which persists despite earlier theories attributing it to dust-driven processes in the Martian atmosphere.

Why now: New research rules out the leading explanation for a striking and still unexplained Martian cloud, puzzling scientists.

MarsArsia MonsEuropean Space Agency

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