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Sulfur Plays the Role of Oxygen in Mercury Magmas Reshaping How the Planet Formed
Apr 16, 2026 (SPX)
Researchers at Rice University have now used a meteorite analog to recreate Mercury rocks in the laboratory and found that sulfur plays a structural role on Mer...
Bright streaks reveal Mercury still geologically active
Jan 29, 2026 (SPX)
The team carried out the first systematic inventory of Mercury's slope lineae by applying deep learning techniques to about 100,000 high resolution images taken...
Mercury and Earth chorus waves show shared plasma behavior across magnetospheres
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
Chorus emissions are plasma waves generated when magnetospheric electrons interact resonantly with electromagnetic waves, producing characteristic rising and fa...
BepiColombo nears Mercury orbital arrival after seven year journey
Nov 25, 2025 (SPX)
Throughout its cruise, BepiColombo measured planetary magnetic environments, monitoring the Sun's influence on radio signals as well as Mercury's changing magne...
Collision of equal sized bodies may explain Mercurys unique composition
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
The research, led by Patrick Franco of the National Observatory in Brazil and postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, used smooth...
Tidal forces from the Sun may have shaped Mercury's tectonic features
Jun 23, 2025 (SPX)
Mercury's rugged terrain has long been attributed to the steady contraction of its solid crust over billions of years. However, because Mercury lacks tectonic p...
Top images reveal Mercury's mysteries during BepiColombo's sixth flyby
Jan 10, 2025 (SPX)
At 06:59 CET, BepiColombo passed over Mercury's cold, dark side. Minutes later, it soared directly above the planet's north pole, unveiling views of shadowed cr...
Mercury observed in thermal infrared for the first time
Dec 13, 2024 (SPX)
On December 1, 2024, during its fifth flyby at an altitude of 37,630 kilometers, BepiColombo's MERTIS (Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer) ins...
BepiColombo achieves milestone with mid-infrared observations of Mercury
Dec 10, 2024 (SPX)
Mercury, the least-explored terrestrial planet in the Solar System, has only been visited by two previous missions: NASA's Mariner 10 in the 1970s and NASA's Me...
BepiColombo prepares for Mercury orbit with fifth flyby
Nov 30, 2024 (SPX)
A notable highlight of this flyby will be the first operational use of BepiColombo's MERTIS instrument. This radiometer and thermal infrared spectrometer will o...
BepiColombo collects data during its fifth Mercury flyby
Nov 30, 2024 (SPX)
The encounter provided the first opportunity for BepiColombo's MERTIS instrument to observe Mercury. The radiometer and thermal infrared spectrometer captured d...
Mercury's magnetic field explored by BepiColombo flyby
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
Mercury, like Earth, has a magnetic field, though it is about 100 times weaker. Despite this, the planet's magnetosphere acts as a buffer, protecting it from th...
BepiColombo completes fourth Mercury flyby
Sep 06, 2024 (SPX)
The closest approach occurred on 4 September 2024 at 23:48 CEST (21:48 UTC), with BepiColombo coming within 165 km of the planet's surface. This marked the firs...
Q&A: 20 years since the MESSENGER mission
Sep 06, 2024 (SPX)
Q: As the Principal Investigator of the MESSENGER mission, what were your personal highlights or proudest moments throughout the mission's duration? Sean Solomo...
Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo's new trajectory
Sep 03, 2024 (SPX)
Taking BepiColombo closer to Mercury than it's ever been before, this flyby will reduce the spacecraft's speed and change its direction. It also gives us the op...
Glitch hampers bepicolombo mission to mercury
May 20, 2024 (SPX)
BepiColombo consists of two scientific probes and the Mercury Transfer Module, designed to separate during the mission's Mercury orbit insertion. The solar arra...
PSI unveils Mercury's hidden glaciers, suggesting new astrobiological insights
Nov 18, 2023 (SPX)
"Our finding complements other recent research showing that Pluto has nitrogen glaciers, implying that the glaciation phenomenon extends from the hottest to the...
Source of electron acceleration and X-ray aurora of Mercury
Oct 11, 2023 (SPX)
The third exploration of Mercury is currently being made by the BepiColombo International Mercury Exploration Project*1) thanks to the Mio spacecraft (Project S...
Mapping the Sun's Interaction with Mercury's Surface
Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)
"Studies that have examined the infall of protons and electrons from the solar wind typically map the infall to the surface in terms of time-of-day (dawn, noon,...
First BepiColombo flyby of Mercury finds electron rain triggers x-ray auroras
Jul 19, 2023 (SPX)
The mission, which has been enroute to the Solar System's innermost planet since 2018, successfully carried out its first Mercury flyby on 1 October 2021. An in...
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