Active Mercury
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 17:28
in Astronomy & Space
A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet's atmosphere, magnetosphere, and its geological past display greater levels of activity than scientists first suspected.
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