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Mercury May Have Harbored an Ancient Magma Ocean: Massive Lava Flows May Have Given Rise to Two Distinct Rock Types

By analyzing Mercury's rocky surface, scientists have been able to partially reconstruct the planet's history over billions of ...  > full story

Scientists Discover Water Ice on Mercury: Ice and Organic Material May Have Been Carried to the Planet by Passing Comets

Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, revolves around the sun in a mere 88 days, making a tight orbit ...  > full story

Mercury's Surprising Core and Landscape Curiosities

Scientists have found that Mercury's core, already suspected to occupy a greater fraction of the planet's interior than do the cores of Earth, Venus, ...  > full story

NASA Extends MESSENGER Mission Orbiting Mercury

NASA has announced that it will extend the MESSENGER mission for an additional year of orbital operations at Mercury beyond the planned end of the primary ...  > full story

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  LRO's LAMP Ultraviolet Spectrograph Observes Mercury and Hydrogen in GRAIL Impact Plumes

  March 26, 2013 — When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe the ... > full story
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  Mercury’s Magnetic Mysteries: MESSENGER Results After Six Months in Orbit

  October 5, 2011 — Scientists will highlight the latest results on Mercury from MESSENGER observations obtained during the first six months (the first Mercury solar day) in orbit, at a joint meeting of the European ... > full story
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  Orbital Observations of Mercury Reveal Flood Lavas, Hollows, and Unprecedented Surface Details

  September 29, 2011 — After only six months in orbit around Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is sending back information that has revolutionized the way scientists think about the innermost planet. Analyses of new ... > full story

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  • Mercury Not Like Other Planets, MESSENGER Finds
  • Epic Volcanic Activity Flooded Mercury's North Polar Region
  • MESSENGER Data Paints New Picture of Mercury's Magnetic Field
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  Mercury: Messenger Orbital Data Confirm Theories, Reveal Surprises

  June 16, 2011 — In March, the Messenger spacecraft entered orbit around Mercury to become that planet's first orbiter. The tiny craft is providing a wealth of new information and some surprises. For instance, ... > full story
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  MESSENGER Sends Back First Image of Mercury from Orbit

  March 30, 2011 — NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has captured a historic image of the planet Mercury. The image is the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the Solar System's innermost planet. Over the ... > full story
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  Mercury-Bound Instruments Aboard MESSENGER Arrive at Target

  March 21, 2011 — As the MESSENGER spacecraft begins its science operations above the surface of Mercury, NASA instruments are gearing up to help unveil the planet's ... > full story
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  NASA's MESSENGER Spacecraft Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury

  March 17, 2011 — NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT Thursday. This marks the first time a spacecraft has accomplished this engineering and scientific ... > full story
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  MESSENGER Spacecraft to Swing Into Orbit Around Mercury

  March 15, 2011 — The MESSENGER spacecraft is scheduled to go into orbit around Mercury on March 17. The mission is an effort to study the geologic history, magnetic field, surface composition and other mysteries of ... > full story
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  First Mission to Mercury

  February 1, 2011 — As the team of scientists behind NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft eagerly awaits the craft’s entry into Mercury’s orbit on 17 March, we could soon get answers to questions about the ... > full story
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  ESA’s Mercury Mapper Feels the Heat

  January 18, 2011 — Key components of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo have been tested in a specially upgraded European space simulator. ESA’s Large Space Simulator is now the most powerful in the world and ... > full story

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