Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 16:49
in Astronomy & Space
The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like tail.
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