Open AccessVenus's Unexpected, Electrifying Water Loss
Author(s) -
Mark von Zastrow
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo056037
Subject(s) - venus , astrobiology , environmental science , geology , history , biology
New research shows that an electric field surrounding Venus is stripping its atmosphere of water—and the same phenomenon may plague exoplanets scientists hope might be habitable.