The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission

BM Jakosky, RP Lin, JM Grebowsky, JG Luhmann… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
The MAVEN spacecraft launched in November 2013, arrived at Mars in September 2014,
and completed commissioning and began its one-Earth-year primary science mission in …

The analyzer of space plasmas and energetic atoms (ASPERA-3) for the Mars Express mission

S Barabash, R Lundin, H Andersson, K Brinkfeldt… - Space Science …, 2006 - Springer
The general scientific objective of the ASPERA-3 experiment is to study the solar wind–
atmosphere interaction and to characterize the plasma and neutral gas environment with …

Evolution of the solar activity over time and effects on planetary atmospheres. I. High-energy irradiances (1-1700 Å)

I Ribas, EF Guinan, M Güdel… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the results of the Sun in Time multiwavelength program (X-rays to UV) of solar
analogs with ages covering∼ 0.1–7 Gyr. The chief science goals are to study the solar …

Loss of the Martian atmosphere to space: Present-day loss rates determined from MAVEN observations and integrated loss through time

BM Jakosky, D Brain, M Chaffin, S Curry, J Deighan… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
Observations of the Mars upper atmosphere made from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile
Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft have been used to determine the loss rates of gas from the …

How hospitable are space weather affected habitable zones? The role of ion escape

VS Airapetian, A Glocer, GV Khazanov… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Atmospheres of exoplanets in the habitable zones around active young GKM stars are
subject to extreme X-ray and EUV (XUV) fluxes from their host stars that can initiate …

Atmospheric loss of exoplanets resulting from stellar X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet heating

H Lammer, F Selsis, I Ribas, EF Guinan… - The Astrophysical …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Past studies addressing the thermal atmospheric escape of hydrogen from" hot Jupiters"
have been based on the planet's effective temperature, which, as we show here, is not …

Atmospheric escape processes and planetary atmospheric evolution

G Gronoff, P Arras, S Baraka, JM Bell… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The habitability of the surface of any planet is determined by a complex evolution of its
interior, surface, and atmosphere. The electromagnetic and particle radiation of stars drive …

Coronal mass ejection (CME) activity of low mass M stars as an important factor for the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets. II. CME-induced ion pick up of Earth-like …

H Lammer, HIM Lichtenegger, YN Kulikov… - Astrobiology, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Atmospheric erosion of CO2-rich Earth-size exoplanets due to coronal mass ejection (CME)-
induced ion pick up within close-in habitable zones of active M-type dwarf stars is …

The cosmic shoreline: The evidence that escape determines which planets have atmospheres, and what this may mean for Proxima Centauri B

KJ Zahnle, DC Catling - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The Cosmic Shoreline: The Evidence that Escape Determines which Planets Have Atmospheres,
and what this May Mean for Proxima Centauri B - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By …

The evolution of solar flux from 0.1 nm to 160 μm: quantitative estimates for planetary studies

MW Claire, J Sheets, M Cohen, I Ribas… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding changes in the solar flux over geologic time is vital for understanding the
evolution of planetary atmospheres because it affects atmospheric escape and chemistry, as …