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Title: New Evidence for Ice on Mercury‏
Post by: Dingo on November 30, 2012, 11:40:32 AM

NASA Science News for Nov. 29, 2012
The planet closest to the Sun would seem an unlikely place to find ice. Nevertheless, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has found evidence for abundant deposits of frozen water on Mercury.

FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/29nov_iceonmercury/

Title: Re: New Evidence for Ice on Mercury‏
Post by: LawryB on November 30, 2012, 01:45:23 PM

Wish I could find some ice around here at the moment ;D

I can remember (sort of) back in the nineteen fifties scientists saying there couldn't be life anywhere else in the universe because there was no water. Hey guys!!!!

Title: Re: New Evidence for Ice on Mercury‏
Post by: Mike Mitchell on December 01, 2012, 12:00:13 AM

Mercury is the last planet I would have expected water-ice. :shock

Title: Re: New Evidence for Ice on Mercury‏
Post by: Screaming Eagle on December 01, 2012, 10:18:47 AM

So it turns out there is more water around then people initially thought.

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