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Scientists decode how Mars lost its water and continues to lose – MENAFN.COM
Washington, Nov 15 (IANS) Scientists have further decoded the phenomenon that led Mars to lose the equivalent of a global ocean of water up to hundreds of feet…
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Washington, Nov 15 (IANS) Scientists have further decoded the phenomenon that led Mars to lose the equivalent of a global ocean of water up to hundreds of feet deep over billions of years.
Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft have discovered that water vapour near the surface of the Red Planet is lofted higher into the atmosphere than anyone expected was possible.
There, it is easily destroyed by electrically charged…
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