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Tuesday Telescope: Finally, some answers on those Martian streaks

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Images from the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter show some of these streaks on the surface of Mars .

The streaks look remarkably like flowing water, but scientists have found no evidence of water.

The slopes are likely due to layers of fine dust suddenly sliding off steep terrain.

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