Polar ice on Mercury

[james_davis_nicoll]

Mercury's north pole has frozen water according to data revealed Thursday by NASA scientists, confirming the long-held suspicion that the very hot planet closest to the Sun has ice lurking in the shade.

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[chrysostom476.livejournal.com]

Larry Niven gets last laugh.

[nebogipfel.livejournal.com]

Me too. My new job is specifically about the IR spectroscopy of
Mercury's surface.

[remus-shepherd.livejournal.com]

But how much of that ice contains He3?

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Ha! That'll shut those Global Warming alarmists up!