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   SunsetHillMarauder
   

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   A NASA probe circling Mercury has reportedly found ice covered in some sort of organics. This is on top of the supposed "groundbreaking" discovery that has been made on Mars since the newest rover landed that NASA scientists have been keeping mum about.

   http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/PressConf20121129.html

   Posted 5 months ago #
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   onederfullone
   

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   Really?

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wp4O7v5320

   go figure.

   Posted 5 months ago #
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   Walt
   

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   Organic compounds, in this context, means carbon bearing material.

   Posted 5 months ago #
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   plasticbags
   

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   Mercury is pretty extreme. Daytime temps of 800F and nighttime temps of -290F. Given that Mercury doesn't tilt, I wonder if there is a tiny Goldilocks Zone. Exciting stuff!

   Posted 5 months ago #
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   Edog
   

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   Sounds like an adult film wating to happen: "The Hot Days and Cold Nights of Mercury"

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   great idea
   

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   I once found some Mercury in my water.

   turns out my wife broke a thermometer and it was pooled up on the bottom of a washing bin.

   Posted 5 months ago #
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   jj
   

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   Bruce Willis could do Mercury Rising all over again.

   Posted 5 months ago #

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