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Tag Archives: Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms
Mars Express: Leaky atmosphere linked to lightweight planet
The Red Planet’s low gravity and lack of magnetic field makes its outermost atmosphere an easy target to be swept away by the solar wind, but new evidence from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft shows that the Sun’s radiation may play … Continue reading
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Tagged Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms, ASPERA-3, ESA, European Space Agency, magnetosphere, Mars Express, MEX, solar wind
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