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Mercury is not what we thought it was - then NASA discovered something disturbing

Mercury was once believed to be a dead and lifeless world, but new discoveries revealed by NASA missions have transformed the ...
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Mercury may have accumulated all its water ice deposits in just 'one day'

A new study suggests that water ice on Mercury may have been deposited in one Mercurian day by an impactor larger and slower ...
Delco Times

Astronomer’s Notebook: Mercury, the elusive innermost planet

The most impressive feature on Mercury is the Caloris Basin, a vast, multi-ringed crater over 800 miles across, which is ...
New York Post

Mercury may have 10-mile thick layer of diamonds beneath its surface, NASA craft discovers

The solar system’s smallest planet may have vast riches beneath its surface, according to a stunning discovery by a NASA spacecraft. Scientists have determined that Mercury, the closest planet to the ...
ABC7

Mercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research. The ...
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Comet Dust: Planet Mercury’s Invisible Paint

A team of scientists has a new explanation for the planet Mercury’s dark, barely reflective surface. In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, the researchers suggest that a steady dusting of carbon ...