https://spacewatch.global/tag/georgia-tech/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/georgia-tech/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/mercurys-400-c-heat-may-help-it-make-its-own-ice/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20679 It is already hard to believe that there is ice on Mercury, where daytime temperatures reach 400 degrees Celsius, or 750 degrees Fahrenheit. Now an upcoming study says that the Vulcan heat on the planet closest to the sun likely helps make some of that ice. As with Earth, asteroids delivered most of Mercury’s water, […]]]>