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Mercury’s Sulfur-Rich Magma May Rewrite How Solar System’s Innermost Planet Formed


New research from Rice University suggests sulfur keeps Mercury’s interior molten at lower temperatures, offering new clues to how the planet’s strange crust and mantle evolved.

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