The BepiColombo space probe measures carbon ions escaping from the atmosphere of Venus and thus helps to decipher the special development of Venus
During its flyby of Venus, the European-Japanese space probe Bepi Colombo for the first time found carbon ions escaping from the planet’s atmosphere into space in a previously unexplored region on the night side of the planet. Investigations of the ion distribution help to understand which processes have shaped the atmosphere of our neighboring planet and why it differs so greatly from Earth’s gas envelope. ...
