Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury’s surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes large regions that have ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–By measuring the charged particles in the planet Mercury’s magnetic field, a University of Michigan sensor enabled the first observations about the surface and atmospheric composition ...

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research. The ...

The early years of our solar system were a period of unimaginable chaos and violence, a gravitational free-for-all where colliding planetary embryos competed for survival. In this tumultuous ...

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Mercury is a planet that's always been a mystery. Recently, two spacecraft have flown and came so close to the planet. A European-Japanese joint science mission to study Mercury, BepoColombo, is back ...