New revelations about Mercury's volcanism, magnetic substorms and exosphere from MESSENGER
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 07:56
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 recognised, new information about magnetic substorms, and the first observations of emission from an ionised species in Mercury's very thin atmosphere or exosphere. The results are reported in three papers published online on July 15 in the Science Express section of the website of Science magazine...