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NASA spacecraft suggests Mercury may have an 18km-thick diamond layer
NASA researchers suggest a surprising discovery on planet Mercury: a diamond layer approximately 10 miles thick, adding to ...
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Mercury is weird because of a 'hit-and-run' incident in its youth
"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...
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NASA Discovers 10-Mile-Thick Diamond Layer Beneath Mercury’s Surface
Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, may be home to a dazzling secret hidden beneath its scorched ...
What are the two hottest planets in our solar system?
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...
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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
The sun just released a burst of a rare form of helium known as helium-3 ( 3 He). What's peculiar is this lightweight, ...
Here’s when 4 planets will be in alignment in the sky — and where to see them
Four planets in the solar system are about to appear in alignment in the night sky. Here's how stargazers will be able to see ...
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Our solar system is not as unusual as we thought
They also orbit near their stars, in many cases closer than Mercury is to the Sun. Our solar system, in contrast, appears to be different. “[Planetary scientists] have thought our solar system ...
A roadmap for obtaining first sample returns from Mercury and Venus
How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a pair ...
Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say
Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.