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NASA Confirms Water Ice on Mercury

Written by Michael Awada on . Posted in Science, Social Media

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Today NASA confirmed that Mercury, the closest planet to the sun where temperatures can reach 800 °F, has water ice on its surface.

“For more than 20 years the jury has been deliberating on whether (Mercury) hosts abundant water ice in its permanently shadowed polar regions. MESSENGER has now supplied a unanimous affirmative verdict,” said NASA’s Sean Solomon.