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Mercury Has an Eleven-Mile-Thick Layer of Diamonds, Scientists Find
An unfathomable wealth. Treasure Planet An excess of carbon on the planet means that Mercury is starkly drab and gray on the surface. But new research suggests that underneath, the tiny world harbors a glittering interior fit to be the jewel in the crown …