CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Detailed maps of Mercury’s cliffs and ditches show the solar system’s innermost and smallest planet Mercury has lost much more real estate due to cooling ...

Scientists use images from NASA's Messenger spacecraft to create these global views of Mercury, the most complete maps ever. The images were released on Feb. 22, 2013.

A colorful view of Mercury produced using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER's primary mission. These colors are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye ...

New Mercury surface composition maps illuminate the planet's history. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 03 / 150313110434.htm ...

Detailed maps of Mercury's cliffs and ditches show the solar system's innermost and smallest planet Mercury has lost much more real estate due to cooling over four billion years than scientists ...

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is full of unsolved mysteries. Using data from NASA’s MESSENGER mission, ... Map reveals the world’s safest countries to be in if WW3 breaks out.

However, on Friday, Feb. 28, Mercury joins the sky soup, making for a cool seven and upgrading the night sky scene to a great alignment. The last time there was a seven-planet parade was in June 2022.