Image Source ( Mars' atmosphere reacting to Solar Winds) Approximately 4 billion years ago Mars was robbed of its atmosphere by the great solar wind permeating our solar system.  Like the earth does today, Mars once had a global magnetic field protecting it from the solar wind; however, Mars is slightly over half of the size of earth and thus has has a larger surface area to volume ratio. This is crucial, as a magnetic field is produced by the Dynamo

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photo source  (Hyades star cluster) One may often question the existence behind the simple yet ever so complex little lamps in the sky.  To simply ask 'what is a star' would almost be impossible to answer; as just like us human beings, while all stars function in the same way they also possess many differences which allow us to differentiate between their certain types and predict what will become of them. 75% of the universe's matter consists of hydrogen and 23%

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