MAVEN mission finding clues to Mars’ climate change

Orbiter collects clues about how the sun is stripping away the Red Planet’s atmosphere

SOLAR ATTACK  After over a year of orbiting Mars, the MAVEN spacecraft (illustrated) finds that energetic particles from the sun played a major role in robbing the Red Planet of its water.

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Solar winds slowly chip away at the Martian atmosphere while flares trigger widespread auroras.