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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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Mark Your Calendar for Aug 24 to Witness a Stunning Planet Parade Featuring 6 Planets in the Sky
On August 24, skywatchers will be treated to an impressive planetary parade featuring six planets: Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury. This alignment, occurring in the early morning hours, will provide a unique viewing opportunity. In the US, the best time to catch the spectacle is between 5:45 a.m. ET and sunrise at 6:15 a.m. ET. ...
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Heatwave Continues In East, South; Telangana To Hit 45 Degrees Soon
As vast swathes of east and south India continued to bake under the scorching sun on Thursday, with the mercury in two Telangana districts hitting the 44 degrees Celsius mark.
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Mercury May Once Have Been As Large As Earth, Says Scientist
Mercury is known for its extremes, and a geologist from Italy recently found clues in Cyprus that point towards a different origin story for the Solar System's smallest planet.
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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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Mercury Is Still Shrinking And It's Giving The Planet Wrinkles: Study
A new planetary research has suggested that the planet Mercury is still shrinking and getting more wrinkles as it does.
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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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Study Claims Sun Will Devour Mercury, Venus And Earth, Explains How
The researchers clarified that the process of "planetary engulfment" is common in the life cycle of star systems.
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Watch: Five Planets Line Up In Rare Planetary Parade For First Time In 18 Years
Five Planets of the solar system, separated by billions of kilometres, appeared in the pre-dawn skies in rare planetary conjunction that will not repeat till 2040.
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Five Planets to Line Up in Sky This Month in Rare Conjunction, Will Be Visible With Naked Eyes: How to Watch
The spectacular celestial show will be visible towards the eastern horizon just before the Sun rises and obscures the view. Those living in the Northern Hemisphere will have to look towards the east and the south. Those in the Southern Hemisphere should look towards the east and the north for the delightful view.
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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 Space Mission Sends Its First Images Of Mercury
The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday.
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BepiColombo Space Probe Makes First Venus Fly-by on Way to Mercury
A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth's neighbour to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. .
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Mercury to Make Rare Pass Across the Sun Today: Here's How to Watch
Mercury will make its rare pass across the disk of the Sun on November 11. The stellar event will be visible from most parts of the Earth.
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Mercury To Make A Rare Pass Across Sun Today For Last Time In 13 Years
Mercury is set to make a transit across the sun on Monday morning for the last time until 2032. A pinprick of darkness will puncture a small hole in the sunlight as the planet traverses the solar disk during a 5.5-hour stretch, starting at 7:35 a.m. Eastern time.
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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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Mark Your Calendar for Aug 24 to Witness a Stunning Planet Parade Featuring 6 Planets in the Sky
On August 24, skywatchers will be treated to an impressive planetary parade featuring six planets: Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury. This alignment, occurring in the early morning hours, will provide a unique viewing opportunity. In the US, the best time to catch the spectacle is between 5:45 a.m. ET and sunrise at 6:15 a.m. ET. ...
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Heatwave Continues In East, South; Telangana To Hit 45 Degrees Soon
As vast swathes of east and south India continued to bake under the scorching sun on Thursday, with the mercury in two Telangana districts hitting the 44 degrees Celsius mark.
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Mercury May Once Have Been As Large As Earth, Says Scientist
Mercury is known for its extremes, and a geologist from Italy recently found clues in Cyprus that point towards a different origin story for the Solar System's smallest planet.
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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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Mercury Is Still Shrinking And It's Giving The Planet Wrinkles: Study
A new planetary research has suggested that the planet Mercury is still shrinking and getting more wrinkles as it does.
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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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Study Claims Sun Will Devour Mercury, Venus And Earth, Explains How
The researchers clarified that the process of "planetary engulfment" is common in the life cycle of star systems.
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Watch: Five Planets Line Up In Rare Planetary Parade For First Time In 18 Years
Five Planets of the solar system, separated by billions of kilometres, appeared in the pre-dawn skies in rare planetary conjunction that will not repeat till 2040.
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Five Planets to Line Up in Sky This Month in Rare Conjunction, Will Be Visible With Naked Eyes: How to Watch
The spectacular celestial show will be visible towards the eastern horizon just before the Sun rises and obscures the view. Those living in the Northern Hemisphere will have to look towards the east and the south. Those in the Southern Hemisphere should look towards the east and the north for the delightful view.
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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 Space Mission Sends Its First Images Of Mercury
The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday.
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BepiColombo Space Probe Makes First Venus Fly-by on Way to Mercury
A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth's neighbour to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. .
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Mercury to Make Rare Pass Across the Sun Today: Here's How to Watch
Mercury will make its rare pass across the disk of the Sun on November 11. The stellar event will be visible from most parts of the Earth.
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Mercury To Make A Rare Pass Across Sun Today For Last Time In 13 Years
Mercury is set to make a transit across the sun on Monday morning for the last time until 2032. A pinprick of darkness will puncture a small hole in the sunlight as the planet traverses the solar disk during a 5.5-hour stretch, starting at 7:35 a.m. Eastern time.
