New revelations about Mercury's volcanism, magnetic substorms and exosphere from MESSENGER
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 16:28
in Earth & Climate
Analysis of data from MESSENGER's third and final flyby of Mercury in September 2009 has revealed evidence of younger volcanism on the innermost planet than previously recognized, new information about magnetic substorms, and the first observations of emission from an ionized species in Mercury's very thin atmosphere or exosphere.