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Lava Oceans on Mercury?
March 3, 2013 | MIT News

“Scientists at MIT have proposed that Mercury may have harbored a large, roiling ocean of magma very early in its history, shortly after its formation about 4.5 billion years ago.” Quoted from the MIT press release.


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