Mercury
News Archive and updates on Mercury’s dark surface crust, micro-meteor showers, Mercury ice sheets, Water Ice Iron on Mercury, magnetosphere, tectonically active, Missions Mariner 10, MESSENGER, BepiColombo, Molten Shower Mercury and more..
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Apr 30, 2015A NASA planetary exploration mission came to a planned end Thursday when it slammed into Mercury’s surface at about 8,750 mph and created a new crater on the planet’s surface. -
Apr 19, 2015A NASA spacecraft launched in 2004 to study Mercury will impact the planet’s surface, most likely on April 30, after it runs out of propellant. -
Mar 30, 2015A new study answers a longstanding mystery about why Mercury’s surface is darker than the Moon’s surface. This study implicates carbon as a “stealth” darkening agent. -
Mar 14, 2015Two new papers provide global-scale maps of Mercury’s surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes — large regions that have compositions distinct from their surroundings. -
Oct 17, 2014Sean Solomon, former principal investigator for the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at the Carnegie Institution, has been selected to receive the National Medal of Science. -
Oct 16, 2014NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has provided the first optical images of ice within permanently shadowed craters near Mercury's north pole. -
Oct 13, 2014Explosive volcanism on Mercury existed far more recently than scientists previously thought. -
Sep 15, 2014Life would have to adapt to strange light cycles, but photosynthesis might still be possible. -
Sep 8, 2014A new set of simulations showing how the Solar System formed reveals Mars is quite unlikely. -
Aug 1, 2014A new study on Mercury's magnetic field has revealed unexpected differences between the core of Mercury and the core of the Earth.
