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This spacecraft is about to feel the burn as it explores Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Here's why scientists are getting very excited
The BepiColombo mission is primed to orbit Mercury and uncover the secrets of the closest planet to our Sun.
BepiColombo will be the second mission to orbit Mercury and the first to study the planet with two spacecraft.
A new study suggests that our solar system’s smallest planet has shrunk by up to 30 percent since its birth roughly 4.5 billion years ago ...
Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet and the one closest to the sun, hasn’t received as much love as its celestial neighbors. It’s the least explored of the inner solar system planets, which ...
Mercury doesn't give up its secrets easily. The smallest planet in our solar system is also one of the most extreme—a sun-scorched, metal-rich world with a puzzling magnetic field and lavas unlike ...
Learn how asteroids may have erased evidence of the planet’s contraction.
A new estimate of Mercury's shrinkage shows that this planet may have contracted 10% to 30% more than previous research suggested. Reading time 3 minutes Mercury, the littlest planet in our solar ...
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