SYFY WIRE Mercury Was Mercury as Large as the Earth in the Distant Past? An ancient explosion might have shrunk Mercury down and left it a weird shadow of its former self. By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago How Solar Explosions Unleash X-Ray Auroras on Mercury Mercury's close orbit and lack of atmosphere make for some incredible auroras. By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago Could There Be Life Hiding in Salt Glaciers on Mercury? Hot, salty glaciers might be home sweet home for aliens. By Cassidy Ward 5 months ago BepiColombo’s second date with Mercury A second swingby at the solar system’s smallest planet. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Mercury got the ultimate sunburn from solar plasma, and that's how we know it has a magnetic field As if there aren’t enough reasons to wear SPF already, you now have one more. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Isn’t it ironic that Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has ice on its poles? This planet knows how to chill. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Mercury's diamond covered surface makes it the crown jewel of the solar system All we need is a spaceship and a sifter and we'll be rich! By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago Massive sunburns vaporized Mercury’s magma ocean What is now the atmosphere of Mercury was created by the vaporized ghosts of what was once a vast magma ocean. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Mercury's atmosphere thickened as we watched. The likely perp? Meteoroids. By Phil Plait 2 years ago BepiColombo's first kiss with Mercury! By Phil Plait 2 years ago SYFY WIRE | Page 2
Was Mercury as Large as the Earth in the Distant Past? An ancient explosion might have shrunk Mercury down and left it a weird shadow of its former self. By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago
How Solar Explosions Unleash X-Ray Auroras on Mercury Mercury's close orbit and lack of atmosphere make for some incredible auroras. By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago
Could There Be Life Hiding in Salt Glaciers on Mercury? Hot, salty glaciers might be home sweet home for aliens. By Cassidy Ward 5 months ago
BepiColombo’s second date with Mercury A second swingby at the solar system’s smallest planet. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Mercury got the ultimate sunburn from solar plasma, and that's how we know it has a magnetic field As if there aren’t enough reasons to wear SPF already, you now have one more. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Isn’t it ironic that Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has ice on its poles? This planet knows how to chill. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Mercury's diamond covered surface makes it the crown jewel of the solar system All we need is a spaceship and a sifter and we'll be rich! By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago
Massive sunburns vaporized Mercury’s magma ocean What is now the atmosphere of Mercury was created by the vaporized ghosts of what was once a vast magma ocean. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago