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Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...
For folks in the United States, July evenings mean 4th of July fireworks. While you're waiting for the show, be sure to watch ...
They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.
Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...
As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.
Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...
Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...
Gravitational assists are an emblematic example of why space travel is hard —it is exactly rocket science, after all. Gravity ...
New research suggests that Mercury's crust is shifting and twisting in unexpected ways thanks to the force of the Sun.
Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.
The closest world to the Sun has some extreme surface structures, steep hills and cliffs, which have long been suspected to ...
BepiColombo is expected to reach Mercury by the beginning of 2026. The spacecraft may be able to find a source of material that is a match for these mysterious rocks.