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Some parts of Mercury are hot enough to melt lead but cold enough to harbor ice simultaneously.
Due to Mercury's minimal atmosphere and slow rotation, temperatures can range from 427°C in direct sunlight to -180°C in permanently shadowed craters. This means there are locations where you could find both molten lead and water ice within a few kilometers of each other.
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A day on Mercury is twice as long as its year.
Due to Mercury's slow rotation and fast orbit, it takes 176 Earth days for the Sun to move...
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The largest storm ever observed was bigger than Earth itself.
The Great Dark Spot on Neptune, observed by Voyager 2 in 1989, was large enough to contain the...
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Europa shoots water into space from 125-mile-high geysers.
Jupiter's moon Europa has massive water plumes that shoot from cracks in its icy surface. These geysers are...