NASA’s MESSENGER Discovers Mercury Has Layer of Diamond 10 Miles Thick Written 25 July 2024
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MESSENGER at Mercury Artist Concept. | Credit: NASA
SPACE reports, Using data from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have determined that the solar system’s tiniest planet, Mercury, hides a not-so-tiny secret: “a 10-mile-thick diamond mantle may lie beneath the crust of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.”
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