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BepiColombo spies escaping oxygen and carbon in unexplored region of Venus's magnetosphere - EurekAlert


<p>A fleeting visit of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Venus has revealed surprising insights into how gases are stripped away from the upper layers of the planet&rsquo;s atmosphere.&nbsp;Detections in a previously unexplored region of Venus&rsquo;s magnetic environment show that carbon and oxygen are being accelerated to speeds where they can escape the planet&rsquo;s gravitational pull.&nbsp;The results have been published today in the journal&nbsp;<em>Nature Astronomy</em>.</p>

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