Under Martian environmental conditions, boiling water tosses sand grains as it flows down a slope. Credit: Marion Massé Probes orbiting Mars have long observed mysterious, seasonal streaks on the ...

London, Oct 29 (PTI) Small amounts of boiling water causes sand on Mars to ‘levitate’ and move around, according to a study that could solve the mystery of how features such as large dune flows and ...

This means that, in comparison to the Earth, relatively small amounts of liquid water moving across Mars' surface could form the large dune flows, gullies and other features, which characterise the ...