This illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars’ atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA’s MAVEN mission.
Read MoreLooking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 30: Meteors may shine Mercury has now brightened to magnitude 0.5 in the early-morning sky and should be even easier to see than it was earlier in the week. It is now just a few days from greatest western elongation. IfContinue reading “The Sky Today on Friday, July 31: Mercury brightening”
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