WATCH LIVE @ 2 pm ET: NASA Unveiling New Mars Atmosphere Findings

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I was in mars and when i was there the atmosphere smelled like burnt PC board yes smells as a burnt TV set

When astronauts "Officially" get there they will confirm it ! gets weeks to get used to it ...

We got rid of it using pure Oxygen air scrub within enclosed spaces.. ( say hi to the queen of mars for me )

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The question we're all asking, naturally, is what the hell NASA might have in store for us. So far, we don't have a whole lot to go on, but what we do know is that the research comes fRom the MAVEN (Mars, Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars since 2014 and studying its upper atmosphere. These will be the first findings announced from the mission.

The spacecraft carries eight different sensors on board, including an ion mass spectrometer and a magnetometer, and according to NASA its aim is to: "Determine the role that loss of volatiles from the Mars atmosphere to space has played through time, giving insight into the history of Mars' atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability."

That last point is a particular favourite among those speculating on the outcome of the announcement on Twitter at the moment, but unfortunately we have nothing concrete to back up the idea that the announcement is to do with the potential for past or future life on Mars.

[link to www.sciencealert.com]

I'm calling it, they've detected traces of crab monster farts.

FCK NASA ENOUGH WITH ALL THE DECEPTION AND LIES!!!!!

No methane, just that solar winds removed the atmosphere? How did they go about finding that one out, and why is it big news worthy.

I don't

It's news worthy because the solar winds are now heading in earths direction.

lame

WOW, just why not tell us something we did not know for years????

I enjoyed watching them swirling around the questions regarding human caused climate change.... hahah... ohm, yeah, Earth is a completely different story.... move along.. hahaha

Can send probes and rovers to Mars, but still can't get a live video of the whole earth.

NASA is that you again? So, Mars atmosphere got blown away by the Sun. How about you make you lies a little bit more palatable. Tell us about when did this event occur? Anyways if Mars had a dynamic magnetic core and volcanoes than its atmosphere would have regenerated itself long ago...just saying.