For decades, Mercury has been seen as astatic, heavily cratered planet, a relic of early Solar System history. Its surface, ...
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 ...
The origin of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is mysterious in many ways. It has a metallic core, like Earth, but its core makes up a much larger fraction of its volume – 85% compared to 15% ...