Mercury helps to detail Earth’s most massive extinction event
The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction in Earth's history to date, killing between 80-90% of life on the planet, though finding…
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Cooler data centres for a warming world – Times of India
by Ramanujam Komanduri, Country Manager, India, Pure StorageAcross the globe, hot days are getting hotter and more frequent. Climate change is causing…
BepiColombo Probe Makes Second Flyby of Mercury to Capture Intricate Geological Features
The European Space Agency's (ESA) BepiColombo mission successfully completed its second flyby of Mercury, capturing 56 intricate images in the process,…
BepiColombo Probe Flies Past Mercury Again to Capture Intricate Images
The European Space Agency's (ESA) BepiColombo mission successfully completed its second flyby of Mercury, capturing 56 intricate images in the process,…
Five Planets to Line Up in Sky This Month in Rare Conjunction, Will Be Visible With Naked Eyes: How…
There's a treat lined up for skywatchers this June as they will be able to watch five planets, visible with naked eyes, arranged in their natural order from…
ESA’s Solar Orbiter Captures Stunning Images of Sun During Perihelion
A solar probe launched by the European Space Agency in 2020 made its first close approach to the Sun and captured the chaotic encounter in dazzling detail.…
ESA’s Solar Orbiter Ventures Into Mercury’s Orbit to Get Closer Look at Sun, Captures…
A solar probe launched by the European Space Agency in 2020 made its first close approach to the Sun and captured the chaotic encounter in dazzling detail.…
Mercury has magnetic storms
An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth.
The…
Mercury may be studded with diamonds
A treasure trove of diamonds may be sown into Mercury’s cratered crust.
Billions of years of meteorite impacts may have flash-baked much of…
Mercury Could Be Littered With Diamonds
Despite—or rather, because of—Mercury’s tumultuous early years, it could now be a diamond-encrusted world. Space rocks that smashed into the graphite that…