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Surface of Mercury Dominated By Volcanism & Iron-Deficiency

sciencedaily.com — Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the latest spacecraft to visit the sun's innermost planet.

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  • treas, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5VULCANISM
  • PabloMac, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5Live long and prosper.
  • Ulisses, on 07/06/2008, -3/+6Surface of Mercury Dominated By Volcanism & Iron-Deficiency
    Like women?
  • chromevinyl, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2mercury is anemic?
  • IWDA4, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Iron-Deficiency? should taken its vitamins.
  • invinciblechunk, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2This is what happens when you force planets on an improper vegan diet.
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -2/+3watch out for those mind melds. thats how they get you.
  • ArchetypeRyan, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Finally, we can update the pictures of Mercury inside children's books! Another victory for science! Seriously though, I'm waiting for the day when the Pluto books have more than vague blurs for photos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pluto.jpg
  • Kronikle, on 07/06/2008, -2/+2Did you think your comment through all the way before posting?
  • joegibes, on 07/06/2008, -2/+1I knew it all along...
  • jp1979, on 07/06/2008, -2/+0its global warming
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -3/+1I say we nuke it and see what happens.

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