Elixir of death? Research traces origins of mercury in the mausoleum of China’s first emperor
During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.
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In pictures: Mercury spacecraft captures stunning new images of one of the least explored planets
A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet.
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Background to racing greyhounds’ euthanasia revealed in new RTI document
Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. The data, published by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in January, lists ...
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Scientists explain why BepiColombo’s mission to Mercury is so tricky
It seems like it should be pretty easy to get to Mercury. The little rocky planet is so much closer to Earth than distant destinations like Jupiter, where we’ve successfully sent multiple ...
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See Mercury's frigid north pole in extraordinary new images from the BepiColombo spacecraft
A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole. When you purchase ...
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Stunning Close-Up Images Reveal Mercury’s Icy Craters and Volcanic Plains
Some of the images acquired of Mercury by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft during its sixth Mercury flyby on January 8, 2025. The images were captured by the onboard monitoring cameras. Credit: ESA ...