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The Mercury Transit: How to See the Rare Event Online TodayToday (May 9), Mercury will pass across the face of the sun. Here's how to watch the event online, and hear scientists and other experts talk about this rare celestial happening.
By Calla Cofield Published
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Mystery on Mercury: Strange Pattern of Huge Cliffs Defy ExplanationA baffling new mystery has turned up on Mercury — a pattern of giant cliffs and ridges on the planet's surface that defies any explanation that scientists have currently been able to offer.
By Charles Q. Choi Published
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Early Earth May Have Absorbed Mercury-like ObjectBy Charles Q. Choi Published
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NASA Spacecraft Snaps More than 200,000 Photos of Mercury (Image)A probe orbiting Mercury has beamed more than 200,000 images to ground controllers on Earth, and it's still going strong.
By Miriam Kramer Published
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Did Volcano on Mercury Erupt for a Billion Years? (Op-Ed)Opinion A volcano on Mercury may have been active over an unprecedented billion-year time span.
By Robin Wylie Published
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Does Mercury Hold Clues to Birth of Earth's Moon?Just like the moon, Mercury is a desolate, rocky and airless body, albeit a bit bigger than Earth's satellite, said Sean Solomon, the principal investigator for NASA's Messenger mission to Mercury.
By Katia Moskvitch Published
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Mercury's Volcanic Facelift Belies Planet's True AgeExtreme volcanism may be responsible for Mercury's artificially young surface.
By Miriam Kramer Published
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Sun Fires Off 3 Solar Eruptions Toward MercuryThe three solar eruptions may deal a glancing blow to NASA's Messenger spacecraft at Mercury.
By Denise Chow Published
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Green Meteorite's Age Casts Doubt on Possible Mercury OriginNWA 7325 may be too old to have plausibly come from the solar system's innermost planet.
By Mike Wall Published
