Because the planet is so close to the sun ... One 2016 study suggested that Mercury's surface features can generally be divided into two groups — one consisting of older material that melted ...

One of the most notable features on Mercury is Caloris ... Mariner 10 photographed about 45 percent of the planet’s surface. A NASA mission called MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment ...

The recent MESSENGER mission to Mercury has shown that the surface of the planet is very heterogeneous ... contain several previously unexplained features, including a large magnesium-rich ...

“There is so much to be discovered in this dataset – surface features that ... in sediments on the planet’s surface. Though BepiColombo’s arrival in Mercury’s orbit is delayed, the ...

Although Mercury is a largely dark planet, its younger features (or more recent scarring) appear brighter on the surface. Scientists aren’t quite sure what Mercury is made of, but material that ...

Mercury’s surface might not be quite so terra firma ... In the new study, a close analysis of features at the planet’s north pole suggests similar sculpting done by salts.

Mars has chaotic terrain as well, but the Red Planet features connect much more obviously to outflow channels on the Martian surface. With no such channels on Mercury, researchers instead tied the ...

The photos represent a planet in the grip of extremes ... BepiColombo aims to collect data on Mercury's magnetism, gaseous exosphere, and surface features that could help explain these oddities ...

This tectonic activity, probably formed from the planet's cooling and contracting, causes the surface to appear wrinkly. The orbiter approached Mercury ... crater and other features as the ...

As the interior of Mercury continues to cool, the planet contracts, and the surface starts to wrinkle ... the interplay of these geological features, the team “calculated that the majority ...