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Stunning Images Of Mercury's Surface Captured By ESA Spacecraft
Barely larger than our own Moon, Mercury orbits precariously close to the Sun at an average distance of roughly 58 million kilometres.
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6 Planets Found In Synchronized Orbit May Help Solve Cosmic Puzzle
They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy - two to three times the diameter of Earth but smaller than Neptune, and orbiting closer to their stars than our solar system's innermost planet Mercury does to the sun.
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Astronomers Find 7 Planets Being "Fried" By Their Star In Milky Way
In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth.
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''Like A Diamond'': NASA Shares Stunning Pic Of The Smallest Planet In Solar System
Notably, the image was captured by MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to ever orbit the planet.
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Watch: Mercury Filmed Crossing Face Of Sun By The Solar Orbiter
This transit happens when a smaller object, like the moon or a planet, passes in front of a star and dims some of its light.
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Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter's CLASS Spectrometer Maps Abundance of Sodium for the First Time, ISRO Says
Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) spectrometer has mapped a large amount of sodium on the Moon for the first time, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement on Friday. The moon orbiter's CLASS spectrometer provides clean signatures of the sodium line thanks to its high sensitivity and performance, whil...
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ESA's Solar Orbiter Ventures Into Mercury's Orbit to Get Closer Look at Sun, Captures Breathtaking Images
The ESA's Solar Orbiter reached inside the orbit of Mercury in March 2022, the closest planet to our Sun. In it first close approach to the Sun, the probe captured the chaotic encounter in dazzling detail. The Orbiter captured powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a mysterious but spectacular solar ‘hedgehog'.
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Europe, Japan Send Spacecraft on 7-Year Journey to Mercury
The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the unmanned BepiColombo spacecraft successfully separated and was sent into orbit.
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Scientists Discover Exoplanet Twice as Big as Earth
The exoplanet Wolf 503b is in the Virgo constellation and it orbits its star every six days and is thus very close to it, about 10 times closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
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Earthlings Watch as Tiny Mercury Sails Past the Sun
Monday's transit was the first since Nasa's Messenger mission to Mercury, which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015.
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Mercury Transit 2016: How to Watch and Everything Else You Need to Know
Mercury transit will be broadcast live video and images from the orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory and other telescopes.
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Nasa's Messenger Probe Crashes on Mercury After 11-Year Mission
The Messenger probe was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, and issued a final farewell on Twitter before its demise on Thursday.
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NASA Spacecraft to Crash into Mercury in 2 Weeks
After more than four years of orbiting Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will crash into the solar system's innermost planet in two weeks when it runs out of propellant.
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NASA's Mercury Mission Given Last Lease of Life
NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe - currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
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Stunning Images Of Mercury's Surface Captured By ESA Spacecraft
Barely larger than our own Moon, Mercury orbits precariously close to the Sun at an average distance of roughly 58 million kilometres.
-
6 Planets Found In Synchronized Orbit May Help Solve Cosmic Puzzle
They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy - two to three times the diameter of Earth but smaller than Neptune, and orbiting closer to their stars than our solar system's innermost planet Mercury does to the sun.
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Astronomers Find 7 Planets Being "Fried" By Their Star In Milky Way
In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth.
-
''Like A Diamond'': NASA Shares Stunning Pic Of The Smallest Planet In Solar System
Notably, the image was captured by MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to ever orbit the planet.
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Watch: Mercury Filmed Crossing Face Of Sun By The Solar Orbiter
This transit happens when a smaller object, like the moon or a planet, passes in front of a star and dims some of its light.
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Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter's CLASS Spectrometer Maps Abundance of Sodium for the First Time, ISRO Says
Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) spectrometer has mapped a large amount of sodium on the Moon for the first time, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement on Friday. The moon orbiter's CLASS spectrometer provides clean signatures of the sodium line thanks to its high sensitivity and performance, whil...
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ESA's Solar Orbiter Ventures Into Mercury's Orbit to Get Closer Look at Sun, Captures Breathtaking Images
The ESA's Solar Orbiter reached inside the orbit of Mercury in March 2022, the closest planet to our Sun. In it first close approach to the Sun, the probe captured the chaotic encounter in dazzling detail. The Orbiter captured powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a mysterious but spectacular solar ‘hedgehog'.
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Europe, Japan Send Spacecraft on 7-Year Journey to Mercury
The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the unmanned BepiColombo spacecraft successfully separated and was sent into orbit.
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Scientists Discover Exoplanet Twice as Big as Earth
The exoplanet Wolf 503b is in the Virgo constellation and it orbits its star every six days and is thus very close to it, about 10 times closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
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Earthlings Watch as Tiny Mercury Sails Past the Sun
Monday's transit was the first since Nasa's Messenger mission to Mercury, which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015.
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Mercury Transit 2016: How to Watch and Everything Else You Need to Know
Mercury transit will be broadcast live video and images from the orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory and other telescopes.
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Nasa's Messenger Probe Crashes on Mercury After 11-Year Mission
The Messenger probe was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, and issued a final farewell on Twitter before its demise on Thursday.
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NASA Spacecraft to Crash into Mercury in 2 Weeks
After more than four years of orbiting Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will crash into the solar system's innermost planet in two weeks when it runs out of propellant.
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NASA's Mercury Mission Given Last Lease of Life
NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe - currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
