Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

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Brittney Griner took a moment on social media to say farewell to the Mercury for 11 seasons with the franchise.

Credit: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM Plus, the situation doesn’t get any easier once you’re near Mercury. There’s no atmosphere to help a spacecraft slow down like there is at Venus or Mars.

Mercury's surface can reach a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius) during the day, according to NASA. But the planet lacks an atmosphere to hold that heat in — so, on Mercury ...

The University of Bern is the project leader for two instruments on board the ESA orbiter: a mass spectrometer called 'Strofio', which will analyse Mercury's atmosphere, and a laser altimeter ...

atmosphere, magnetosphere and history of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system.” Previous missions have visited Mercury, but it remains an enigmatic planet. NASA’s ...

While natural processes like volcanoes and weathering send mercury into the atmosphere, human activities—such as burning fossil fuels, gold mining, and waste burning—are the main sources of ...

In particular, mercury is known to spread to distant areas through the atmosphere. An international research team has revealed for the first time the role of the stratosphere in the dispersion of ...

The two orbiters will collaborate to investigate Mercury’s origin and evolution and its internal structure, geological features, composition, and craters. They will also study its atmosphere ...