NASA | Mars Atmosphere loss: A Plasma Process

Mars Atmosphere | NASA | SUN | Plasma |
NASA's MAVEN Satellite has been gathering Data from the Martian Planet Mars. It has found that the sun may be the culprit.
Mars's thick early atmosphere was likely lost to space, and the Sun is a clear blame. When high-energy solar photons strike the upper Martian atmosphere they can ionize gas molecules, causing the atmosphere to erode over time