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more about #mercury dermot: Don't forget - the Mercury probe took most of these images from 3 separate flybys. The orbital mission won't begin until March 2011 - that's when we'l... more » Blue_Thark: Hmm. The Galactica crew must have settled Mercury as well as Earth all those millennia ago. That's the only explanation for why these photos could res... more » John Hazard: I would guess, unless we find something really valuable there, that Mercury will be the last planet in the Solar System we explore. Mars and Venus hav... more » Front_Towards_Enemy: Nothing to worry about. Move along please. By the time Mercury's orbit is destabilized, the sun should be expanding into its red-giant phase which wil... more » Belabras: May I be the first to say it: We must destroy Mercury before it destroys us! more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Oops! Someone has just made a SyFylis original picture about it! Just this second! more » -
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Plan Your Space Vacation with the First Ever Map of Mercury
If you're planning a trip to Mercury, you'll need the first map ever released of the solar system's innermost planet, a mosaic of photos from the Mercury missions. More » -
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Mercury To Blame For Solar System's Collapse, Mars-Earth Collision
When our solar system's orbits all break down and planets are crashing into each other, we'll know exactly who's to blame: a tiny ball of rock called Mercury. Chaotic factors in Mercury's orbit could destabilize the whole solar system. More » -
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The Glowing, Shattered Face of Mercury
NASA's Messenger spacecraft zoomed past Mercury yesterday, sending back a set of luminous images that look like they were taken by celebrated nature photographer Ansel Adams in space. Here you can see the bright pocks left by recent meteors crashing to the planet's surface, opening up complicated webs of cracks. Want to see those cracks close up? More » -
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Mysterious "Spider Scar" on Mercury Revealed for the First Time
NASA's probe MESSENGER flew by Mercury a couple of weeks ago, and the photos have started pouring in. This is one of the most striking. Nicknamed "the spider," it's probably the result of a meteor impact with about fifty cracks radiating outward from it. Apparently, it's the only such structure in the solar system, making it officially cool. More » -
