Mars’ Atmosphere Stripped by Solar Winds, NASA Says
Nov 6, 2015 18:00:37 GMT -5
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Post by heatherly on Nov 6, 2015 18:00:37 GMT -5
"The air on Mars — what there is of it — is leaking away, about half a pound a second sputtering into space, scientists announced on Thursday.
The planet’s early atmosphere is thought to have been as thick as or thicker than Earth’s today, and even over the 4.5-billion-year history of the solar system, that slow leak would not explain how it atrophied to its current wisps."
Read More: www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/science/space/mars-atmosphere-stripped-away-by-solar-storms-nasa-says.html?_r=0
Makes you wonder.. were humans (or something close to humans) living on Mars once upon a time? Do you think most planets used to be like Earth, and they are just a look at what's to become of our own planet one day?
The planet’s early atmosphere is thought to have been as thick as or thicker than Earth’s today, and even over the 4.5-billion-year history of the solar system, that slow leak would not explain how it atrophied to its current wisps."
Read More: www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/science/space/mars-atmosphere-stripped-away-by-solar-storms-nasa-says.html?_r=0
Makes you wonder.. were humans (or something close to humans) living on Mars once upon a time? Do you think most planets used to be like Earth, and they are just a look at what's to become of our own planet one day?
