Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

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An international team from Kanazawa University (Japan), Tohoku University (Japan), LPP (France), and partners has ...

Mercury, the innermost planet of our Solar System, exhibits a uniquely dynamic magnetosphere that, despite its relatively weak intrinsic magnetic field, undergoes rapid and complex interactions with ...

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Despite being relatively nearby, very few space probes have visited the solar system's innermost planet. Any spacecraft aiming to study Mercury must accelerate to incredible speeds, and that can take ...

Tohoku University (Japan), LPP (France), and partners has demonstrated that chorus emissions, natural electromagnetic waves ...

"It's really exciting to start seeing the link between the planet's surface and the plasma environment." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...