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NASA Extends Missions to Mercury and the Moon

By Mike Wall published

The Messenger spacecraft began a one-year bonus mission at Mercury, and the twin Grail probes will get 90 more days at the moon.

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Mercury Surprises: Tiny Planet Has Strange Innards and Active Past

By Mike Wall published

The solar system's innermost planet continues to confound and intrigue scientists.

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High-resolution image of Mercury

Solar Wind May Explain Planet Mercury's Puny Magnetic Field

By Charles Q. Choi published

The mystery of Mercury's weak magnetic field may be solved.

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High-resolution image of Mercury

Asteroid Crash May Explain Mercury's Strange Spin

By Charles Q. Choi published

New research suggests a giant asteroid may have knocked into Mercury and changed its spin.

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Mysterious Planet-sized object near Mercury

Mysterious Planet-Size Object Spotted Near Mercury

By Natalie Wolchover published

UFO researchers say that new telescope footage showing a coronal mass ejection blasting Mercury has unveiled a "cloaked" spaceship parked near the planet.

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Planet Mercury Full of Strange Surprises, NASA Spacecraft Reveals

By Charles Q. Choi published

NASA's Messenger probe has discovered some seriously weird stuff about planet Mercury.

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First high-resolution image of Mercury transmitted by the MESSENGER spacecraft (in false color, 11 narrow-band color filters).

The Greatest Mysteries of Mercury

By Adam Hadhazy published

Each week we investigate lingering questions about cosmic objects. Now batting: Mercury.

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This Messenger view of Mercury's Degas crater (right) was obtained at a resolution of 90 meters per pixel. Impact melt coats the crater's floor; as the melt cooled and shrank, it formed the cracks observed across the crater. The Mariner 10 probe’s view of

NASA Spacecraft Reveals Mercury's Surprising 'Personality'

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Messenger probe is already revealing intriguing new details about Mercury.

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A view of the horizon of Mercury, taken by NASA's Messenger spacecraft on March 29, 2011. The picture shows a stretch of land about 750 miles long, from top to bottom.

Ice on Mercury? NASA Probe May Solve That Mystery and Others

By Mike Wall published

A NASA spacecraft now circling Mercury is set to tackle some of the planet's mysteries – including whether or not water ice lurks in its craters.

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NASA's Mercury Messenger probe captured this historic image of Mercury, the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the solar system's innermost planet. The photo was taken on Tuesday (March 29) at 5:20 am EDT.

NASA Spacecraft Snaps 1st Photo of Mercury from Orbit

By Space.com Staff published

A stark, gray landscape and big crater dominate the 1st photo of Mercury from orbit.

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