Maven reveals the Martian secret

Mars,the fourth planet from the sun and our earth's neighbour has always drawn our attention towards it. We think that life existed on Mars ,but till recently we knew not much about it, we only had theories.

Earlier this week NASA's mission to Mars : MAVEN gave some shocking news on the subject.The Mrs Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution(MAVEN) mission was launched on November 18,2013. The MAVEN spacecraft arrived at Mars on September 21,2014, to explore the planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar winds.

The rover has identified the process that might have played an important part in change in the Martiam climate and might have wiped out life( if it ever existed there).

Following is a short clipping on what information has been gathered from the Red Planet.

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