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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."

3 of 120 comments (clear)

  1. as opposed to by Have+Brain+Will+Rent · · Score: 0, Redundant

    solid cold magma?

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    The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny - Aesop
  2. Next thing you know... by cranky_slacker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    they'll be telling us Mars also has sharks with frickin' lazer beams on their heads....

  3. Re:Tautology by BungaDunga · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I even looked it up on Google before I posted it to make sure I was:
    http://www.google.com/search?define%3A+tautology
    "The repetition, in the definition, of information already provided by the term designating the concept."