Is Mars loosing it's atmosphere faster than Earth?
The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) orbiter around Mars has found that not only is Mars losing its atmosphere faster than Earth, but temperature changes in the upper atmosphere may also be speeding up the process.
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) observed a planet-encircling storm around Mars to find that it heavily impacted the atmospheric rate of loss. This storm is suspected to be the primary reason of rapid atmosphere loss of Mars.
All terrestrial planets in the solar system Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars constantly lose their atmosphere to outer space and the loss rate is determined by the size of the planet. As Mars is smaller than Earth, it is losing its atmosphere to the outer space at a faster rate.
Any hot gases above certain altitude are more likely to escape to outer space. Hence, the study inferred that the dust storm resulted in enhanced escape of the Martian atmosphere.
It's a new discovery done by ISRO's mission MOM and NASA's MAVEN which orbit Mars on opposite sides. This is strange, but true. Let me know your thoughts on the comments...
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