NASA has just announced in a press conference that it’s Messenger probe orbiting around the planet Mercury has discovered evidence of ice water on the planet.
Though it was suggested that there could be ice or the planet for quite some time, this comes as as surprise to many as Mercury is the closest planet to Mars and easily one of the hottest planets in our solar system, easily measuring hundreds of degrees over freezing temperature.
Because the tilt of Mercury’s axis is so marginal, some parts at the poles are never exposed to sunlight.
What makes this more interesting is that RT also added that ORGANIC material was found on the planet as well, giving signs that life may have existed elsewhere.
But UCLA planetary scientist David Page warned the Russian news agency that this does not indicate that we could find Covenant, Prometheans, Daleks or Wookies on Mercury,
“[It] doesn’t mean we have life on Mercury, but it is relevant for the question of life in the solar system in general.”
Scientists instead hypothesize that the material and water may have been from comets or some other body that made contact with the planet.
You can read the official NASA press release here.
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