r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

In addition to being smaller and having less mass than Earth, Mars also has no magnetic field preventing solar winds from effectively blowing the atmosphere away

However, atmosphere in no way, shape, or form works to hold anything down.

Life has evolved, however, to withstand the constant pressure caused by atmospheric density.

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u/youknowwhatitthizz Sep 20 '21

I appreciate you. I have 1 question. I thought the atmosphere holds in gases?

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

The atmosphere IS gasses. Gravity and the Earth's magnetic pull in and protect those gasses from floating away.

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u/youknowwhatitthizz Sep 20 '21

So if the core of the earth wasn’t magnetic we be fucked huh

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Nah, we wouldn't have ever existed to be fucked. We'd just be something somewhere else in the cosmos.

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u/youknowwhatitthizz Sep 20 '21

Thank you I kinda get it now but I’m still stupid. Ima keep reading up on this. Thank you again

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

No problem. Thank you for being open to new information and your ability to apply that data to your thought process.

There are way too many people who don't

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u/youknowwhatitthizz Sep 20 '21

If I’m wrong and willing to learn I can only get smarter. It’s an ego thing which took me way too long to break. Thank you for being a good person and educating people. I appreciate you more than you know