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First rock from the sun turns out to have ice

vicky On Wednesday, 20 March 2013


Now researchers from NASA have discovered evidence that the planet may harbor pockets of water ice, along with organic material, in several permanently shadowed craters near its north pole.
New data from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft reveal bright spots (shown in yellow) on Mercury that are almost certainly ice.


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