A new experimental study published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta reveals that Mercury’s sulfur-rich interior behaves in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. bepicolumbo images of mercury From just 295 kilometers above Mercury's surface, ESA's BepiColombo transfer probe has captured ...
Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury’s surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes large regions that have ...
(CNN) — A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research.
Just south of Mercury’s equator lies a crater honoring Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Battered and time-worn, it sits amid countless others dotting the barren, broiling terrain of the solar system’s ...
A magma that would freeze solid on Earth can keep flowing on Mercury, and sulfur is the reason. New laboratory experiments ...
A spacecraft skimmed past Mercury this week, beaming back stunning new images of the surface and showing once again that humankind has a seemingly insatiable longing to understand the universe. The ...