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Mars May Have Liquid Iron Core

Posted by michael on from the mars-doesn't-want-to-go-on-the-cart dept.

mikef2501 writes "Science Daily News reports that results from three years of radio tracking by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft indicate that the core of Mars may not be geologically dead after all -- it may still contain at least partially molten iron (original news release found here)."

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  1. Mars? by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought a Mars had a core of chewy nougat surrounded by peanuts and caramel?

    Thank you, I'll be here all week.

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