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Volcanic Activity Shaped Mercury After All
July 3, 2008 — Planetary geologists have determined that volcanism played a central role in forming Mercury's surface. The evidence of volcanic activity, published in Science, lends important insights into ... > full story -
Iron 'Snow' Helps Maintain Mercury's Magnetic Field, Scientists Say
May 7, 2008 — New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron "snow" forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ... > full story -
Mercury's Shifting, Rolling Past
March 17, 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 1, 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 30, 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 23, 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 19, 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 18, 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 16, 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
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