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Showing posts with label Mercury's polar craters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercury's polar craters. Show all posts

Saturday, December 1, 2012

In Mercury's polar craters found vast reserves of water


The American space survey Messenger has confirmed the existence of water ice in deep craters at the north pole of Mercury.

"It must be the last thing you might expect from the nearest planet to the sun - is water ice. But due to the low inclination of Mercury craters near the poles are in the shade all year, and there is extremely cold, "- explained Matthew Sigler's Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA.