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A Snowball's chance in Hell.... - Dartz - 11-30-2012
Is apparently better than we thought
Ice has been discovered on Mercury. And it happens to be covered in dark material.
Life on Mercury, perhaps?
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- dark seraph - 11-30-2012
Wait... Ice and covered in dark matter? o.O
- Dartz - 11-30-2012
It's an 'organic' substance, most likely similar to tar or oil, or similar..... it's probably not 'life' as such, but the building blocks of life.
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- Dartz - 11-30-2012
Or.... not. http://nasaupdatecenter.us/press.html is a hoax, apparently
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- Sweno - 11-30-2012
The 'dark material' could very well be organic compounds carried there by the same things that deposited the ice: comets
More info can be found at a blog (Bad Astronomy) I trust. They have actually found some compelling evidence (it's not proof, but it's about as close as we can get without landing something there) for large amounts of ice on Mercury.
-Terry
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- robkelk - 11-30-2012
Dartz Wrote:Or.... not. http://nasaupdatecenter.us/press.html is a hoax, apparentlyMaybe, maybe not... but http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messe ... index.html has the same story, and that's the mission's official homepage.
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- Jorlem - 11-30-2012
robkelk Wrote:Wasn't the hoax page something along the lines of NASA finding plastic beads on Mars?Dartz Wrote:Or.... not. http://nasaupdatecenter.us/press.html is a hoax, apparently
Maybe, maybe not... but http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messe ... index.html has the same story, and that's the mission's official homepage.
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