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Sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth's do
- April 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Mercury is a small, rocky planet about which researchers know relatively little. Two missions, taking readings as they passed over the planet, have revealed that Mercury is covered by an iron-poor and sulfur-rich crust. It is also reduced, a chemical state in which the substances have gained electrons. In fact, it's the most reduced planet in the solar system.
Originally published at Phys.org