SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Mercury BepiColombo’s second date with Mercury A second swingby at the solar system’s smallest planet. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago Mercury got the ultimate sunburn from solar plasma, and that's how we know it has a magnetic field As if there aren’t enough reasons to wear SPF already, you now have one more. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago Isn’t it ironic that Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has ice on its poles? This planet knows how to chill. By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago Mercury's diamond covered surface makes it the crown jewel of the solar system All we need is a spaceship and a sifter and we'll be rich! By Cassidy Ward | 6 months ago Massive sunburns vaporized Mercury’s magma ocean What is now the atmosphere of Mercury was created by the vaporized ghosts of what was once a vast magma ocean. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago Mercury's atmosphere thickened as we watched. The likely perp? Meteoroids. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago BepiColombo's first kiss with Mercury! By Phil Plait | 12 months ago Counting boulders on tiny worlds tells us how ancient and fragile they are By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Hostile planets like Mercury and Venus might tell us how life, uh, finds a way By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago NASA's STEREO-A observatory crosses paths with a comet, solar wind, and Mercury By Jeff Spry | 2 years ago Load More
BepiColombo’s second date with Mercury A second swingby at the solar system’s smallest planet. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
Mercury got the ultimate sunburn from solar plasma, and that's how we know it has a magnetic field As if there aren’t enough reasons to wear SPF already, you now have one more. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago
Isn’t it ironic that Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has ice on its poles? This planet knows how to chill. By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago
Mercury's diamond covered surface makes it the crown jewel of the solar system All we need is a spaceship and a sifter and we'll be rich! By Cassidy Ward | 6 months ago
Massive sunburns vaporized Mercury’s magma ocean What is now the atmosphere of Mercury was created by the vaporized ghosts of what was once a vast magma ocean. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago
Mercury's atmosphere thickened as we watched. The likely perp? Meteoroids. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago
Counting boulders on tiny worlds tells us how ancient and fragile they are By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Hostile planets like Mercury and Venus might tell us how life, uh, finds a way By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago
NASA's STEREO-A observatory crosses paths with a comet, solar wind, and Mercury By Jeff Spry | 2 years ago
