ANN ARBOR, Mich.–By measuring the charged particles in the planet Mercury’s magnetic field, a University of Michigan sensor enabled the first observations about the surface and atmospheric composition ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of Mercury made with Blender with data from NASA and the USGS (Wikideas1) It’s a world where the Sun stops in the sky at ...

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 ...

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