Researchers trace Mercury’s origins to rare meteorite
Monday, June 27, 2016 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Around 4.6 billion years ago, the universe was a chaos of collapsing gas and spinning debris. Small particles of gas and dust clumped together into larger and more massive meteoroids that in turn smashed together to form planets. Scientists believe that shortly after their formation, these planets — and particularly Mercury — were fiery spheres […]