Mercury is an odd little planet. The closest world to the Sun has some extreme surface structures, steep hills and cliffs, ...

Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system and the one closest to the Sun, has long baffled scientists with its twisted ...

Rare Meteorites May Explain Mercury's Puzzling Surface Features. News. By Calla Cofield published 21 July 2016 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

Mercury; Mercury's Odd Surface Features Mapped by NASA Spacecraft. News. By Nola Taylor Tillman published 16 March 2015 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

New photos of the baked planet Mercury, the closest world to our sun, have revealed odd formations that look uncannily like cosmic pies, evidence of potential "ghost" craters hidden underground ...

Scientists use these limb images to study the shape and size of the planet's surface features. In total, MESSENGER has collected over 250,000 photos of Mercury.

Mercury is the smallest of the planets, and despite being known from antiquity, due to its proximity to the Sun, it has proven hard to study. The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry ...

Mercury’s surface is a jumble of hills, plateaus and grooves (SN: 5/10/16). Previous theories suggested that long-ago volcanic outbursts were primarily responsible for the chaotic terrain.

These features were detected by Messenger and NASA's Mariner 10 probe on previous Mercury flybys, ... The $446 million Messenger mission — whose name is short for MErcury Surface, ...

New photos of the baked planet Mercury, the closest world to our sun, have revealed odd formations that look uncannily like cosmic pies, evidence of potential "ghost" craters hidden underground ...