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Asteroid impacts+hydrogen = recipe for Mars life
A new study reveals asteroid impacts on ancient Mars could have produced key ingredients for life if the Martian atmosphere was rich in hydrogen. An early hydrogen-rich atmosphere on Mars could also explain how the planet remained habitable after its … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroid belt, asteroid impacts, bolide impacts, giant impacts, hydrogen, impacts, life, nitrates, nitrites, nitrogen
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MAVEN: Solar storms speed hydrogen loss from Mars atmosphere
Newly published MAVEN results indicate that atmospheric escape of hydrogen during a strong solar storm that impacted Mars in September 2017 was comparable to the seasonal escape of hydrogen over a full Martian year… [More at link]
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Tagged atmospheric escape, hydrogen, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, solar storm, space weather, University of Colorado
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MAVEN: High-altitude water gives atmospheric escape route for Mars hydrogen
Researchers at the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics have discovered an atmospheric escape route for hydrogen on Mars, a mechanism that may have played a significant role in the planet’s loss of liquid water. The findings … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, H2O, hydrogen, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado, water
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