Latest Mercury Flyby May Change Theories
Credit: NASA/JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY/CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON
Scientists will be reworking theories about the planet Mercury following the latest flyby of the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft (Messenger), which generated new data about the planet’s composition and volcanic history even though it shut down about halfway...
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