Is there any water on Mercury?

Recent data show that water ice may exist in the bottoms of craters at Mercury's poles. Although Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, and can be extremely hot over most of its surface, ice may exist at the bottoms of some polar craters because the crater floors are permanently shadowed by the crater rims. Mercury's axis has almost no tilt, so its poles receive very little direct sunlight.


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