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BepiColombo Reveals Mercury’s Hidden Surface in Stunning Infrared Detail
Unlike other rocky planets, Mercury’s surface is surprisingly poor in iron despite its disproportionately large iron-nickel core. This anomaly has long puzzled scientists and prompted extensive ...
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Mercury's inner core is solid and about the same size as Earth's, NASA MESSENGER data reveals
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 ...
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Are Miles of Solid Diamonds Hiding Below Mercury’s Surface?
A layer of diamonds was found beneath Mercury's surface. This could help scientists understand the planet's unusual magnetic ...
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Mercury redux
Mercury's magnetic field, as observed by the two flybys of the Mariner 10 spacecraft that penetrated the magnetosphere (one of which was a polar pass), had a magnitude of roughly 300 nT at the ...
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What are the rocky planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, were created closest to the Sun. Made of rocks and metals, they have solid surfaces and a central core of mainly iron. Small in comparison to the gas planets found ...
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Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Announces Availability of its Serial RapidIO-Based Silicon IP Core
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), announced today the availability of its serial RapidIO(R)-based ...