Mercury: more than a dead rock revolving around the sun!
By Meera Dolasia on 11/05/2011
We all know Mercury, the smallest planet of all and the closer to the sun. We also know that it is uninhabitable because it doesn’t have atmosphere or iron care. But something changed scientists’ mind. A spacecraft was send by NASA to Mercury and the pictures that it took are unbelievable. They shot some puddles, near 60-120 feet deep, that were found inside the craters and there is a possibility that they are fresh. From those pictures scientists now say that it might be not as uninhabited as we thought and that the creatures that might live there can’t be seen with our eye. According to the article “What makes ‘Swiss cheese’ depression unique, is that this is the first time they have been found on a rocky surface. While Mars has similar hollows, they are present only in the carbon dioxide ice hat covers the planet’s South Pole” but they are not yet sure what is creating that.
The reason I chose this article is because for a lot of years Mercury was thought to be uninhabited and later some photos made them think the possibility of life in this planet. The title was very distracting and that make me read the article and it came out really interesting. Through this article I learned that hollows are formed in surfaces with carbon dioxide and what is happening is really infrequent. Scientists, in my opinion, did a great job researching the whole theme and they shouldn’t quit even if they don’t find anything but I am sure they will find something. It was really interesting to read that another life might exist far far away from us and who knows how long they existed and we had complete no idea.
If they find something will our life change and our biosystem or what else will happen?
Dolasia, Meera. "Mercury: more than a dead rock revolving around the sun!" Gogo News. N.p., 5 Nov.
2011. Web. 12 Nov. 2011. <http://www.dogonews.com/2011/11/5/
mercury-more-than-a-dead-rock-revolving-around-the-sun>.
