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Extreme heat from the sun is baking a thin crust on Mercury’s surface

Extreme heat from the sun is baking a thin crust on Mercury’s surface

30 July 2020

Mercury's surface should be powdery like Earth's moon, but the extreme heat it experiences from being close to the sun may be baking it into a thin, hard crust

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