Science
Mars is leaking water into space during dust storms and warmer seasons – Space.com
Water is leaking from Mars’
atmosphere through changing seasons and swirling Martian storms, scientists found in two new studies.
There is water on Mars
, but it seems to only exist either in ice caps at the planet’s poles or as gas in the planet’s thin atmosphere. Water has been escaping the planet for billions of years, since Mars lost its magnetic field (and subsequently much of its air and water
), and two new studies show how water moves through and leaves the planet’s atmosphere.
The two…
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