NASA Planetary explain the disappearance of the Martian atmosphere – REGNUM

Washington, DC, November 6, 2015, 10:04 – REGNUM Planetary NASA, watching the atmosphere of Mars using the probe MAVEN, discovered that solar flares of the previous year, due to which the rate of “care” of the Martian air has increased at times, could lead to the disappearance of the dense atmosphere of the Red Planet. On this, scientists reported in the publication in the journal Science.

According to the probe from the surface of the Sun is a continuous stream of ionized particles that rushes through space at a speed of about 1.6 million km / h and on the road just past Mars disrupts its atmosphere, taking the space of 100 grams of gaseous substances every second.

Planetary scientists noticed that erosion on the Red Planet intensified when, in March 2015 there were severe storms sun. The researchers noted that billions of years ago, the rate of disappearance of the Martian atmosphere was much higher, as the main star of our solar system was young, hence more active. Therefore, probably, most of the “leak” occurred approximately 4,2-3,7 billion years ago.

The representative of the research team Bruce Dzheykoski explained the results of studies comparing the process with “regular theft of a few coins from the cash register – with time loss becomes noticeable».

Earth’s magnetic field and the magnetic field of Mars are very different: Martian significantly weaker, also distributed disproportionately. Thus, the entire planet is poorly protected from the sun’s light. In addition, according to the scientists, the reliefs of the Red Planet indicate the existence here of billions of years ago water, indicating that the more dense the thickness of the atmosphere at the time.

On its official channel on YouTube NASA on Thursday released a video, explaining the change in the state of the atmosphere of Mars. Roller estimated for about 130 thousand. Users.

Previous IA REGNUM It is reported that the US space agency showed two active regions on the Sun , which were filmed Observatory Solar Dynamics Observatory October 27. True, the images became available only on November 3.

With the help of these images with the magnetic field lines can be seen Sun’s magnetic field. It is created by the motion of conductive plasma inside the stars by convection. The substance passes the path of the center of the star to its surface.

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