Allah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL in 2012 NASA's messenger mission found icy glaciers on mercurycosmosmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down13
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2012 NASA's messenger mission found icy glaciers on mercurycosmosmagazine.comAllah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareThalionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days 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-squareLydia_K@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day 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.