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Archive Home > 2012 > December > 02 > NASA finds ice on hot Mercury

NASA finds ice on hot Mercury

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
December 2, 2012

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft has confirmed there’s ice at Mercury’s north pole.

Scientists say the orbiting probe, Messenger, has found evidence of frozen water, even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. The ice is located in the permanently....

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