Messenger detects frozen water, organic matter on Mercury
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 01:30
in Astronomy & Space
The discovery by the Messenger spacecraft orbiting Mercury could yield clues to the origins of the molecular building blocks for life on Earth.Mercury may be a scorching hunk of rock just next door to the sun, but planetary scientists have discovered nearly pure frozen water and even some organic material in the planet's frigid polar regions.