Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Science

Panich52

(5,829 posts) Wed Jun 24, 2015, 11:05 AM Jun 2015

Planet Mars behaving like a punk rock star

ScienceDaily

Planet Mars behaving like a rock star

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/strange_science/~3/Nf8SEuL6tiY/150622182036.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

If planets had personalities, Mars would be a rock star according to recent preliminary results from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. Mars sports a 'Mohawk' of escaping atmospheric particles at its poles, 'wears' a layer of metal particles high in its atmosphere, and lights up with aurora after being smacked by solar storms. MAVEN is also mapping out the escaping atmospheric particles.

1 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Planet Mars behaving like a punk rock star (Original Post) Panich52 Jun 2015 OP

My immediate thought on reading the headline was Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2015 #1

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)

1. My immediate thought on reading the headline was

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 05:05 AM

Jun 2015

"Mars is trashing its hotel rooms?" Or perhaps smashing its guitar. Or just playing loud, bad music.

Reply to this discussion