Mercury ' s inner core is solid and about the same size as Earth ' s inner core, a new study using observations from NASA's MESSENGER mission has indicated. Mercury is the smallest planet in our ...
What we do know is that Mercury has an unusual composition. Like Earth, it has a metal core. But Mercury's metal core takes up 80% of the planet. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, one of the most intriguing ...
Mercury has long puzzled scientists as it possesses many qualities that aren't common to other solar system planets. These ...
The first: the diamonds were produced by the magma ocean; the second: they were squeezed out of the core as it crystallised.
A layer of diamonds was found beneath Mercury's surface. This could help scientists understand the planet's unusual magnetic ...
Because Mercury's contraction places constraints on the fraction of melt in its core, the planet's surface tectonics, cratering and history of volcanism are intimately related to inferences about ...
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), announced today the availability of its serial RapidIO(R)-based ...