So, making up for lack of news on Mars, let's look in the other direction
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/PressConf20121129.html
Quick and dirty rundown: Mercury rotates on an axis very parallel to the sun. So the craters on the poles never get sunlight. Despite it being the closest planet, they have found ice in the craters. Water ice. Not on the surface, but beneath a layer of "dark material (that) is likely a mix of complex organic compounds".
(But of course we all know that it's really a tarp to keep the drinks on ice for Mercury Beach Parties.)
All pretty crazy when you think about it!
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/PressConf20121129.html
Quick and dirty rundown: Mercury rotates on an axis very parallel to the sun. So the craters on the poles never get sunlight. Despite it being the closest planet, they have found ice in the craters. Water ice. Not on the surface, but beneath a layer of "dark material (that) is likely a mix of complex organic compounds".
(But of course we all know that it's really a tarp to keep the drinks on ice for Mercury Beach Parties.)
All pretty crazy when you think about it!
