Summary: At last, a planet close to home that we can travel to and ice skate on! But actually, the Messenger satellite has discovered that craters at the poles hold ice. The exciting thing is that because of this evidence, all strongly held theories about the formation of Mercury are incorrect. Now scientists will get to rewrite the history of the planet and maybe other inner planets like it.
BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20553879
Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/11/28/science.1229953
Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/11/28/science.1231106
Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/11/28/science.1229764
Science Podcast: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6111/1233.2.full
SciShow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-b6Q_hbhk0&feature=share&list=UUZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow
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