Probe Unlocks Mercury’s Secrets

Mercury is anything but the boring “burnt-out cinder” scientists once believed it was, say researchers analyzing data from NASA’s Messenger orbiter. The spacecraft has now spent 88 days—one Mercurian year—circling the planet, and has sent back about 20,000 new pictures that strongly suggest that ice coats parts…

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Probe Unlocks Mercury’s Secrets

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