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The ‘Exotic Physics’ Behind a Mysterious 1,000-Mile Cloud on Mars
The cloud has baffled astronomers since its discovery in 2018. Now, a new study offers a possible cause for its appearance.
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Both outlets frame the story as a new scientific explanation for a huge, puzzling Martian cloud. Wired emphasizes the cloud’s baffling history since its 2018 discovery and says a new study offers a possible cause, while Ars Technica more strongly foregrounds the idea that the cloud may point to ice-forming physics never directly observed before.
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