Craig Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 http://news.discovery.com/space/organics-found-on-mercury-121129.html NASA dispatched the Curiosity rover to Mars to look for organics, but a probe orbiting Mercury has beaten it to the punch. New results from the MESSENGER spacecraft not only confirm that the planet closest to the sun has ice inside shaded craters near the north pole, but that a thin layer of very dark organic material seems to be covering a good part of the frozen water. Both likely arrived via comets or asteroids millions -- or hundreds of millions -- of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yay. Aliens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yay. Aliens! Bet they got acid for blood ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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