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BepiColombo probe captures haunting Mercury image on 5th of 6 gravity assist flybys (photo)
On Sunday (Dec. 1), BepiColombo made its fifth of six flybys of Mercury. On this most recent rendezvous, the probe was 200 ...
Uh-oh: The final Mercury retrograde of 2024 is here. Expect delays, technical issues.
In astronomy, what does retrograde mean? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across ...
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December’s Night Sky Notes: Spot the King of Planets
Learn how you can see bright Jupiter from Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops, in December's ...
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Mercury's inner core is solid and about the same size as Earth's, NASA MESSENGER data reveals
Mercury ' s inner core is solid and about the same size as Earth ' s inner core, a new study using observations from NASA's MESSENGER mission has indicated. Mercury is the smallest planet in our ...
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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think
At only a third the size of the Earth, Mercury had automatically become the smallest planet in our solar system, ripe for bullying by Jupiter and the other giants patrolling around our Sun.