Scientists Say More Proof of Ice on Mercury - kcentv.com - KCEN HD - Waco, Temple, and Killeen

(KCEN) -- NASA scientists say there's new evidence that proves there's ice on Mercury.

NASA says the frozen water was found on the planet's north pole by the Messenger spacecraft.

NASA's Messenger Principal Investigator Sean Solomon said, "Today, there a three papers that have been published online by Science Magazine led by my three colleagues to my left each one of them that present three new lines of evidence that it is water-ice indeed that dominates the composition of the polar deposits on Mercury."

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun but temperatures fall well below freezing at night.