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: NASA: Ice and Organic Material Found on Mercury


twitchyzero
11-30-2012, 05:54 PM
http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2012/11/Water-And-Organic-Material-On-MErcury.png

coles:
ice found on the north pole of mercury by rover sent 8 years ago...covers the size of Washington DC

dark organic material found..possibly from comets/asteroids "fits all the data that it's organic"

NASA confirms ice and organic material lurk in the darkness on Mercury | The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/29/3708526/ice-organic-mercury-messenger)

we will be contacted by aliens on Dec 21st :badpokerface::concentrate:

rsx
11-30-2012, 06:29 PM
Curiosity totally got one-upped.

GLOW
11-30-2012, 06:59 PM
dark organic material found..possibly from comets/asteroids "fits all the data that it's organic"


sounds evil...queue aliens/species movies

murd0c
11-30-2012, 07:06 PM
one step closer to finding life outside of earth

twitchyzero
11-30-2012, 07:08 PM
yes but it's not direct evidence that it actually is organic material

it's explained a little better in the original article

Organics Discovered on Mercury : Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/space/organics-found-on-mercury-121129.html)