http://science-nature.marc8.com/news-tags/planet-mercury The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://science-nature.marc8.com/iron-snow-helps-maintain-mercurys-magnetic-field-scientists-0 <p>New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron "snow" forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground. The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury's mysterious magnetic field.<img src="http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/285459242" height="1" width="1" /></p> http://science-nature.marc8.com/iron-snow-helps-maintain-mercurys-magnetic-field-scientists-0#comments Top stories field scientists magnetic field mercury planet mercury snowflakes http://science-nature.marc8.com/crss/node/4471 Wed, 07 May 2008 14:30:11 -0500 admin 4471 at http://science-nature.marc8.com http://science-nature.marc8.com/iron-snow-helps-maintain-mercurys-magnetic-field-scientists <p>(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron "snow" forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground. The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury's mysterious magnetic field.</p> http://science-nature.marc8.com/iron-snow-helps-maintain-mercurys-magnetic-field-scientists#comments Top stories field scientists illinois at urbana planet mercury snowflakes university of illinois at urbana champaign http://science-nature.marc8.com/crss/node/4460 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 admin 4460 at http://science-nature.marc8.com