How did Mars lose its atmosphere and water?
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They were mostly lost to space early in Mars’s history, processes driven by the Sun’s UV photons and solar wind after Mars its magnetic field.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics Today
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0031-9228', '1945-0699']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.4988