A Tale of Planetary Woe
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 05:21
in Astronomy & Space
Long ago, something calamitous happened to Mars, transforming a hospitable world into the apparently lifeless desert we see today. Many scientists believe the Red Planet lost most of its atmosphere, but how? A new NASA mission named MAVEN is specifically designed to answer that question.
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