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Solar wind played a key role in stripping away Martian atmosphere, says NASA

NASA believes the solar wind played a key role in stripping away the atmosphere in Mars. Drawing on data gathered by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, researchers have been able to determine the rate at which the Martian atmosphere is currently losing gas to space, thanks to solar wind, equates to about […]