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Lab Experiments Recreate Mercury Magma to Show Sulfur Lowers Crystallization Temperatures

The results point to sulfur‑driven magmatism in an oxygen‑poor state on Mercury.

Machine Learning Maps 400 Bright Slope Streaks on Mercury, Hinting at Ongoing Volatile Loss