MAVEN findings add a missing piece to Mars atmosphere puzzle
Big things have small beginnings. The latest findings of NASA s MAVEN spacecraft have clued in researchers to the nature of Mars s upper atmosphere, a lesserknown area in the mystery of the Red Planet. Thanks to this new research, scientists are honing in on the atoms, ions, and molecules that Mars s atmosphere is losing to space. They re also coming to understand how the planet s wind circulation relates to changes in temperature. All these little details could have major impacts on our understanding of E
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