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Mercury May Have Molten Hot Magma at its Core

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the but-no-ragnaros dept.

mattatwork writes "According to ScienceDaily, NASA has come to the conclusion that the planet Mercury may have a molten core after all, based on high-precision planetary radar readings. You may (or may not) remember the Mariner 10 probe making 3 passes by Mercury between March 29th, 1974, September 21st 1974 and March 16, 1975."

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  1. neat by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mercury May Have Molten Hot Magma at its Core

    Excellent. This means they'll be able to serve McDonald's apple pies when they put the first restaurant on Mercury.

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    1. Re:neat by vought · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dunno, I heard Dr. Evil reciting the headline, myself.

    2. Re:neat by bulliver · · Score: 5, Funny

      McDonalds jokes are a medium rarely well done.

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  2. Hmm, Mercury Bar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buy the new Mercury Bar, with a molten caramel core!

    No more hard frozen Mars Bars. Let the chocolatey warmth flow through you.

  3. Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    As opposed to solid, cold magma?

  4. Tautology by BungaDunga · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Magma: Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth." http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+magma "Molten hot magma" If it's magma, it's molten, molten rock is pretty much definately hot.

  5. Magma in Mercury... by racecarj · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is compared with the recent discovery of mud-like sludge in the core of Uranus.

  6. Magma... by Radi-0-head · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, Scott. I've been a frickin' evil doctor for 30 frickin' years, OK? Cut me some "frickin'" slack. You forget Scott. We're in a volcano. We're surrounded by liquid hot magma.

  7. Alliteration by sirkha · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shouldn't the title be, "Mercury May Mask a Molten Middle"?

  8. But.. by sokkalf · · Score: 2, Funny

    does it have a Blackwing Lair?