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NASA probe reveals Mercury's secrets
Posted on Monday, 9 November, 2009 | 3 comments
NASA's Messenger spacecraft has returned data revealing several things previously unknown about the nearest planet to the sun, including an abundance of minerals and evidence of extensive volcanic activity.
Mercury, the oddest of the rocky planets, has been little understood by scientists. But on a swing by the planet, NASA's Messenger sent back intriguing data about Mercury's surface minerals and volcanic activity.
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#1 Posted by Smugfish on 28 November, 2009, 4:42Could Mercury have a non-baryonic innermost core?? Is this connected to the 'problem with gravity' TV programme presented by Prof Brian Cox perhaps?
#2 Posted by behaviour??? on 28 November, 2009, 11:14I think we currently are on research with that thing Thanks B???
#3 Posted by UtahRaptor on 3 December, 2009, 2:21why didn't they say anything about Mercury's polar ice caps? Funny.... I would think that such a thing would be worth mensioning...
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