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Volcanic Activity Shaped Mercury After All
Planetary geologists have
determined that volcanism
played a central role in
forming Mercury's surface.
The evidence of volcanic
activity, published in
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Mercury's Surface Dominated By Volcanism And Iron-deficiency
Multispectral data on the
composition of rock untis of
the surface of Mercury show
a widespread role for
volcanism and an apparent
deficiency in iron in the
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MESSENGER Settles Old Debates And Makes New Discoveries At Mercury
Scientists have argued about
the origins of Mercury's
smooth plains and the source
of its magnetic field for
more than 30 years. Now,
analyses of data from the
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Iron 'Snow' Helps Maintain Mercury's Magnetic Field, Scientists Say
New scientific evidence
suggests that deep inside
the planet Mercury, iron
"snow" forms and falls
toward the center of the
... > full story
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Mercury's Shifting, Rolling Past
March 19, 2008 — Patterns of scalloped-edged cliffs or lobate scarps on Mercury's surface are thrust faults that are consistent with the planet shrinking and cooling with time. However, compression occurred in the ... > full story -
'The Spider' On Mercury: MESSENGER Spacecraft Streams Back Surprises
February 2, 2008 — The recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has given scientists an entirely new look at a planet once thought to have characteristics similar to those of Earth's moon. Researchers are ... > full story -
Mercury's Magnetosphere Fends Off Solar Wind
January 31, 2008 — The planet Mercury's magnetic field appears to be strong enough to fend off the harsh solar wind from most of its surface, according to new data from NASA's Messenger ... > full story -
Mercury In Color
January 26, 2008 — One week ago, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and ... > full story -
First Look At Mercury's Previously Unseen Side
January 21, 2008 — When the MESSENGER spacecraft passed above the surface of Mercury, it snapped the first pictures of a side of Mercury not previously seen by a spacecraft. A new image shows that previously unseen ... > full story -
Europe's Mercury Mission Swings Into Action
January 20, 2008 — The European Space Agency signaled the start of a busy period for the planet Mercury, when it signed the contract for industrial development to start for the BepiColombo mission Jan. 18, 2008. ... > full story -
MESSENGER Reveals Mercury In New Detail
January 17, 2008 — As MESSENGER approached Mercury the spacecraft's Narrow-Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual Imaging System instrument captured a view of the planet's rugged, cratered landscape illuminated obliquely by ... > full story -
MESSENGER Space Probe's Flyby Of Mercury A Success
January 15, 2008 — At 2:04 p.m. EST on Jan. 14, 2008, the MESSENGER spacecraft skimmed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the first of three flybys of the planet. Initial indications from the ... > full story -
Flyby Of Mercury Coming Up In NASA's Messenger Mission
January 11, 2008 — NASA will point a power-packed space instrument at some of the last unexplored terrain in the inner solar system when the MESSENGER spacecraft whips within 125 miles of Mercury's surface Jan. 14 at a ... > full story -
Scientists Gear Up For Mercury Mission Flyby Of Venus
June 5, 2007 — Researchers will scan Venus during a spacecraft flyby this week using an $8.7 million instrument they designed and built for NASA's MESSENGER Mission, launched in 2004 and speeding toward ... > full story
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