Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What’s going on inside of it?
Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What’s going on inside of it?

Wrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster than scientists thought.

2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here’s what BepiColombo can do
2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here’s what BepiColombo can do

After an 8-year trek to Mercury, BepiColombo will finally split into two spacecraft ready to track down the secrets of the least-explored planet in the inner solar system.

Where did Mercury get its water ice? Maybe from a single slow asteroid impact

Mercury may have gotten much of its polar ice within a single Mercurian day following a massive asteroid impact, a new study suggests.