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  "id": 4660728,
  "title": "Mercury’s Crust May Hide Metal beneath Its Surface",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/mercurys-crust-may-hide-metal-beneath-its-surface",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T15:25:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
    "slug": "sci-news",
    "url": "https://www.sci.news/space/moon-mercury-silica-15029.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Using a novel laboratory calibration, planetary researchers in Germany have produced the most reliable map yet of silica (SiO2) concentrations across the surface of Earth’s Moon, and a first silica estimate for Mercury. The post Mercury’s Crust May Hide Metal beneath Its Surface appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}