Allah to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoTIL in 2012 NASA's messenger mission found icy glaciers on mercurycosmosmagazine.commessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down14
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2012 NASA's messenger mission found icy glaciers on mercurycosmosmagazine.comAllah to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-square@Thalion@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish29•4 months agoTl;Dr they’re salt glaciers, which is still interesting because scientists didn’t think something like salt would still exist on Mercury at its age with such an environment
minus-square@Lydia_K@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoTIL: Mercury is salty about its environment.
Tl;Dr they’re salt glaciers, which is still interesting because scientists didn’t think something like salt would still exist on Mercury at its age with such an environment
TIL: Mercury is salty about its environment.