Around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth and Venus were born in the midst of a chaotic star system.
Thefindingswere published this week in the journal Nature.
Venus and Mars are two possible ends of the spectrum of planetary habitability.
An artist’s impression of the hydrogen atoms, orange, escaping into space while leaving behind carbon monoxide molecules, blue and purple.Illustration: Aurore Simonnet/LASP/CU Boulder
Early on in Venus history, the planet may have lost a lot of its water through atmospheric escape.
The Sun is constantly spewing out solar winda stream of charged particlesthroughout the solar system and past the planets.
We see such a low amount of water on Venus today, it doesnt quite match.
Since opposites attract, the molecule will attract a negatively charged electron and they will combine.
Data from previous missions, however, showed evidence for some of the molecules that react to form HCO+.
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