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Scorching Hot Volcanoes Sculpted Mercury's Crust Before Shutting Down 3.5 Billion Years Ago
Researchers used glass beads and lunar data to recalibrate infrared readings, finding Mercury’s surface silica is up to 25% lower than earlier estimates.
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New Research Shows How Mercury's Crust Formed by Extreme Volcanism
Researchers have figured out how to use lunar samples to determine the nature of volcanic activity on ancient Mercury. It's all based on SiO2, or silicon dioxide. Its abundance in a planet's crust reveals a lot about magma and volcanic activity.
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