Mercury May Have Molten Hot Magma at its Core

mattatwork writes "According to ScienceDaily, NASA has come to the conclusion that the planet Mercury may have a molten core after all, based on high-precision planetary radar readings. You may (or may not) remember the Mariner 10 probe making 3 passes by Mercury between March 29th, 1974, September 21st 1974 and March 16, 1975."

neat

[User 956]

Mercury May Have Molten Hot Magma at its Core

Excellent. This means they'll be able to serve McDonald's apple pies when they put the first restaurant on Mercury.

Hmm, Mercury Bar

[Anonymous Coward]

Buy the new Mercury Bar, with a molten caramel core!

No more hard frozen Mars Bars. Let the chocolatey warmth flow through you.

Really?

[Anonymous Coward]

As opposed to solid, cold magma?

Tautology

[BungaDunga]

"Magma: Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth." http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+magma [google.com] "Molten hot magma" If it's magma, it's molten, molten rock is pretty much definately hot.

Magma in Mercury...

[racecarj]

This is compared with the recent discovery of mud-like sludge in the core of Uranus.

Magma...

[Radi-0-head]

You know, Scott. I've been a frickin' evil doctor for 30 frickin' years, OK? Cut me some "frickin'" slack. You forget Scott. We're in a volcano. We're surrounded by liquid hot magma.

Re:neat

[vought]

Dunno, I heard Dr. Evil reciting the headline, myself.

Re:neat

[bulliver]

McDonalds jokes are a medium rarely well done.

Alliteration

[sirkha]

Shouldn't the title be, "Mercury May Mask a Molten Middle"?

But..

[sokkalf]

does it have a Blackwing Lair?