Frank Sinatra once perfectly captured in song the feeling of the summer winds that came blowing in from across the sea. But solar winds, the constant stream of charged particles emanating from the sun, remain a source of mystery. NASA’s…
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Mercury’s 400 C Heat May Help It Make Its Own Ice
Despite Mercury’s 400 C daytime heat, there is ice at its caps, and now a study shows how that Vulcan scorch probably helps the planet closest to the sun make some of that ice.