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Ice on Mercury? Yes, apparently there really is ice on the surface of Mercury
Being really really close to the Sun, the tiny planet of Mercury gets incredibly hot. But even on this scalding hot rock, it looks like there are patches of frozen water. At the poles, in the shadows of craters, NASA has found evidence of ice.
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posted 02 December, 2012
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Watch a droplet of mercury dance to the music
A drop of mercury being vibrated from ~120Hz down to ~10hz filmed at regular speed. The high density and surface tension cause it to resonate at different frequencies in different ways. The higher the frequency the more nodes it will form on its edge.
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posted 05 July, 2012
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NASA’s MESSENGER probe takes detailed pictures of Mercury, reveals a strange little planet
Even though Mercury has been known to humans since antiquity, its close proximity to the Sun has made it a difficult planet to study, somewhat like trying to look at a dust mote in front of a spotlight. But with NASA’s new MESSENGER probe, we’re getting a much better look at the smallest planet.
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posted 23 March, 2012
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Massive cloaked mothership spotted parked next to Mercury, because of course that’s what it is
On December 1st, NASA’s STEREO spacecraft was just chilling out, watching a coronal mass ejection splashing over Mercury when it spotted a massive, cloaked spacecraft parked next to the inner planet. Well, that’s what alien hunters think it is.
NASA sends back the first photo of Mercury from orbit
Early yesterday morning, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft went into orbit around Mercury and took the above photo, which is the first photo ever taken of Mercury while in orbit around the tiny, rocky planet. Later this afternoon (2pm EST), NASA will be holding a press conference to reveal even more images.
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posted 30 March, 2011
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From Mercury, Earth and the Moon appear to be a double planet
Taken by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft near Mercury shows that if there were astronomers on Mercury, Earth and its moon would appear to be a double planet. And then Mercury was all like “I was gonna come up and say hi, but I could see from across the solar system that you were taken.”
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posted 23 August, 2010
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Japan launches a mission to put a mirrored ball on Mercury. Faaabulous!
In an effort to create the first known interplanetary disco, Japan’s space exploration agency JAXA is sending a probe to Mercury covered in mirrors. The next mission will most likely put ABBA and Lady Gaga on the hot planet in an effort to encourage intergalactic visitors. Uh, or not. The real story:
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posted 24 July, 2010
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