Mercury has gotten some new wrinkles in its old age. The innermost planet shows signs of relatively recent tectonic activity, a new study suggests. Tiny cliffs on the surface — just tens of meters ...
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Strange bright lines on Mercury suggest it's not 'dead' after all
The smallest planet in our Solar System may be hiding a big secret. Curious bright streaks on Mercury's surface, doodled on its craters and slopes, are probably a sign of very recent geological ...
From just 295 kilometers above Mercury's surface, ESA's BepiColombo transfer probe has captured stunning close-up images while on its final flyby of the tiny, sunbaked world. The photos represent a ...
Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury’s surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes large regions that have ...
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NASA’s Mercury mission just revealed a discovery no one saw coming
Mercury has long been cast as the solar system’s burnt-out rock, a relic too small and too close to the Sun to hold many ...
For many years, scientists viewed Mercury as a world that no longer had an active geological history. The planet appears to ...
Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the ...
These maps show the infall of particles (protons, top two rows, and electrons, bottom two rows) across the surface of Mercury. The infall of particles is dependent on the orientation of the ...
Ice on Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may seem impossible. But, could scorching temperatures on that world help form ice? The scorching surface of Mercury, where temperatures can reach 400 ...
A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research. The ...
Mercury reaches its peak evening visibility this February, offering Northern Hemisphere observers a longer post-sunset viewing window, higher altitude and a crescent moon reference.
TEMPE, Ariz. – Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by ...
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