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The solar system ’s smallest planet may have vast riches beneath its surface, according to a stunning discovery by a NASA spacecraft.
The patches suggest the inner planet may once have had a carbon-rich magma ocean that would have formed the patches when the magma seeped to the surface. MESSENGER, which stands for “Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging,” was launched in 2004 and is the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, which it did from 2011 to 2015, mapping the entire planet and collecting data about its geology and magnetic field, according to Space.com.The tests allowed the scientists to see how minerals found on the planet would have reacted in the planet’s early history.
The diamond, which is not as dense as metal, would have floated to the top of Mercury’s core before resting between the core and mantle creating a 0.62 mile diamond layer that continued to grow over time, according to Namur. “However, Earth’s core also contains carbon, and diamond formation in the Earth’s core has already been suggested by various researchers,” he added.
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