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Permanent shadows in craters on Mercury's surface allow ice to survive there.

Credit: NASA/Carnegie/JHUAPL

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is set to plunge to its doom on 30 April, ending nearly four years of exploration of Mercury. Before it goes, the mission is sending back the best images of the planet ever taken.

From Nature
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