A new study revealed by NASA today shows the extent that solar winds and storms stripped away the warm and wet atmosphere of ancient Mars, transforming it into today’s barren landscape.
"Solar-wind erosion is an important mechanism for atmospheric loss, and was important enough to account for significant change in the Martian climate,” said Joe Grebowsky, MAVEN project scientist from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Evidence that Mars once hosted oceans, rivers and lakes billions of years ago lead scientist to think that ancient Mars had a denser and warmer atmosphere to support large bodies of water.
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"Solar-wind erosion is an important mechanism for atmospheric loss, and was important enough to account for significant change in the Martian climate,” said Joe Grebowsky, MAVEN project scientist from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Evidence that Mars once hosted oceans, rivers and lakes billions of years ago lead scientist to think that ancient Mars had a denser and warmer atmosphere to support large bodies of water.
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