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Old 30-10-2008, 03:11 PM
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Mercury 'more dynamic than thought'

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Earth's first nearly full look at Mercury reveals that the tiny lifeless planet took a far greater role in shaping itself than was thought, with volcanoes spewing "mysterious dark blue material".
New images from NASA's Messenger space probe should help settle a decades-old debate about what caused parts of Mercury to be somewhat smoother than it should be...
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Old 30-10-2008, 11:14 PM
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i think there is going to be some amazing discoveries within the next couple of years very exciting
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