27: How the Martian atmosphere was lost to space

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) *How the Martian atmosphere was lost to space New results from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft have confirmed theories that Solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere -- transforming the red planet from a warm wet world that could have supported life billions of years ago, into a freeze dried desert. The findings used measurements of today's atmosphere to give the first estimate of how much gas has been removed from Mars over time. *Why isn't the rotation of Earth slowing down as fast as it should be? The Earth’s rotation is slowing down – but a new study claims it’s not slowing down as quickly as it should. The findings are based on a study of hundreds of ancient eclipse records and lunar occultations *April Skywatch On this month’s skywatch we check out the stars of the Southern Cross the Alpha Centauri star system and the Lyrids meteor shower generated by the comet C-1 Thatcher. *SpaceX launch makes history SpaceX has made history becoming the first space operator – other than NASA’s Space Shuttle program -- to successfully reuse a launch vehicle on a second mission. A Falcon 9 rocket previously used to deliver the CRS-8 Dragon Cargo ship to the International Space Station in April 2016 -- was used to successfully launch the SES-10 telecommunications satellite into orbit. For Enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at all good podcasting apps…including iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Radio Public, Tunein Radio, google play, etc. RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4642443.rss Help support SpaceTime : The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you. Plus: Get a free audio book of your choice, plus 30 days free access from audible.com. Just visit www.audibletrial.com/spacetime or click on the banner link at www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com Join our mailing list at http://www.bitesz.com/join-our-mailing-list For more, follow SpaceTime on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, Google+ and Clammr: Facebook: @spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhpBkuHSLfIRnliLB12HoC1QE0rwr8qRS Clammr: http://www.clammr.com/app/spacetime If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please help out by sharing and telling your friends. The best recommendation I can get is one from you. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news #astrophysics #NASA #mars #maven 

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