Mercury is a planet of impossible contradictions. It’s scorching hot, yet we’ve found ice at its poles. It’s small and barren ...

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What do many baked goods and the planet Mercury have in common? They shrink as they cool. Evidence suggests that since it formed about 4.5 billion years ago, Mercury has continuously contracted as it ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

A single year is left in the long joruney of the two BepiColombo spacecraft as they try to reach planet Mercury for a truly ...

The third season of this Apple TV+ natural history docuseries invites viewers to experience life during one of Earth’s most dramatic climatic shifts. Reading time 2 minutes Apple TV+’s Prehistoric ...

Mars and Mercury will appear close to one another in the southwestern sky on Nov. 12. Look low on the southwestern horizon at sunset on Nov. 12 for a chance to see swift Mercury close to the red light ...

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This month's Mercury retrograde is going hard in the heart for these zodiac signs. The most maligned of astrological transits is upon us. This time, Mercury, our planet of thought, speech, travel and ...

While the Earth has gone through some dramatic climate changes in its 4.6-billion-year history, natural processes like silicate weathering can help return things to a comfortable equilibrium. A new ...

Constructed from a quarter century's worth of satellite data, a new map of Antarctic ice velocity by glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the ...

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