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NASA?s MAVEN spacecraft has discovered ?layers? and ?rifts? in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere of Mars. MORE

Researchers have created the first map of wind circulation in the upper atmosphere of a planet besides Earth, using data from NASA?s MAVEN spacecraft that were collected during the last two years. MORE