Organics Discovered on Mercury! New results from the MESSENGER spacecraft not only confirm that the planet closest to the sun has ice inside shaded craters near the north pole, but that a thin layer of very dark organic material seems to be covering a good part of the frozen water. The smallest planet in the Solar System has joined the Organics Club…

Organics Discovered on Mercury! New results from the MESSENGER spacecraft not only confirm that the planet closest to the sun has ice inside shaded craters near the north pole, but that a thin layer of very dark organic material seems to be covering a good part of the frozen water.

The smallest planet in the Solar System has joined the Organics Club…

Source: news.discovery.com

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