These mysterious dark ‘streaks’ on Mars aren’t what scientists initially believed

These mysterious dark ‘streaks’ on Mars aren’t what scientists initially believed

Hundreds of meters long, the marks on the red planet’s surface mysteriously vanish and reappear

Mars May Have Had Rings That Formed and Destroyed Its Moons

A new study challenges the long-standing assumptions about the origin of Mars’s moons by suggesting the Red Planet may have once been surrounded by rings. The research, authored by Matija Ćuk, Kaustub P. Anand, and David A. Minton, and published in March 2025 on arXiv, posits that Phobos—Mars’s larger and innermost moon—may not be as ancient as previously thought. Instead, it could be just the latest result of a violent cycle of moon formation a…

These mysterious dark ‘streaks’ on Mars aren’t what scientists initially believed - NewsGroove Uk

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inboxSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterMysterious dark streaks first observed on Mars in the 1970s are not what many believed they were. Scientists now say the curious features that stretch for hundreds of meters down Martian