Mercury is a cold and desolate planet that appears to have little surface, no sign of water, and little atmosphere that can be observed. Wikimedia Commons A European-Japanese space mission will reach ...
Close-up images from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that Mercury’s surface records impacts of almost unimaginable scale. Bright ray systems radiate from certain craters, stretching hundreds and ...
Far smaller and closer to the Sun than it should be, Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission arriving in 2026 might ...