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Latest picture of Mercury - multi-faceted diamond
By using thousands of photographs taken by Messenger satellites after a year of being launched into orbit to carry out its mission, NASA was able to fully build Mercury'…
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The origin of ice and organic matter on Mercury
Scientists discovered ice on Mercury. Ice and organic materials can be brought to this planet by comets.
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Europe will launch 'flying refrigerators' to the universe
A spacecraft with a refrigerator-like mechanism built by the European Space Agency (ESA) will fly to space to learn Mercury.
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Detecting the head of Mickey Mouse on Mercury
The Mercury probe of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has announced the discovery of a
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Mercury is not a dead planet
Contrary to previous scientific opinion that Mercury is the dead planet, the data sent to Earth by Messenger of the spacecraft shows that the inner workings of the plane…
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Mercury once collided with large asteroids?
Mercury once collided with a large asteroid, which caused the planet to slow down, while also causing it to change its direction in the opposite direction to the Sun.
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Learn the secret of Mercury formation
Among the planets in the solar system, Mercury suffers the most miserable fate. Only about 4,880km in diameter and in 4.5 billion years of existence, it constantly burne…
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Announcing more new findings about Mercury
Scientists have just added new discoveries about Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun but also contain the most mysteries for humans.
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When will the Moon fly away from Earth?
We are so familiar that the Moon is a satellite of the Earth. But is it always like this? Gennadi Raikunov, director of the Russian Aircraft Manufacturing Institute, sai…
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Explore Mercury from Messenger spacecraft
After nearly three months in orbit, much information about Mercury was sent to the Earth by Messenger. In addition, the new mystery about the planet near the Sun is also…
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Rare phenomenon in the Solar System
In the next few weeks, all the planets in the Solar System, except Saturn, will appear together at dawn along the zodiac line, the sun's path in the sky.
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See the amazing images of
US scientists said that on May 12, four planets in the solar system will
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See Venus meet Jupiter at dawn
For more than a week since the morning, people can observe how Venus and Jupiter approach each other - an astronomical phenomenon.
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The first time the spacecraft flew around Mercury
Last night an American spacecraft flew into Mercury orbit, the smallest and most exotic planet in the solar system.