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NASA spacecraft suggests Mercury may have an 18km-thick diamond layer
NASA researchers suggest a surprising discovery on planet Mercury: a diamond layer approximately 10 miles thick, adding to ...
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NASA spacecraft finds a layer of diamonds 10-miles thick on planet Mercury
A new study indicates that Mercury's core-mantle boundary (CMB) may possess a diamond layer that extends up to 18 kilometers ...
Moon, 3 planets to converge in Friday morning sky
The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury ...
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Scientists may have finally discovered why Mercury is so weird
"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...
A roadmap for obtaining first sample returns from Mercury and Venus
How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at ...
The 'Mercury Seven': The emotional anniversary of the first Americans chosen by NASA to fly into space
It is 66 years since the 'Mercury Seven', NASA's first astronauts. On April 9, 1959, NASA unveiled the seven astronauts who would be part of the historic Mercury Project, a pioneer ...
Astronomers discover a planet that’s rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is ...
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Mercury is weird because of a 'hit-and-run' incident in its youth
Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, has a number of unusual characteristics that have long puzzled scientists.Despite being only slightly larger than Earth's moon ...