Tricky tiny Mercury easier to see in sky for a bit
(AP) -- Mercury, the solar system's most elusive planet, will be easier to see for the next two weeks.
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Mar 29, 2010
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News tagged with planet mercury
After ten years, spacecraft will end life as just another crater on Mercury's surface
Very soon, probably on 30 April, a half-tonne spacecraft will plough into the surface of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, at about 4km/s or nearly 9,000mph. The spacecraft is NASA's MESSENGER ("MErcury Surface, Space ...
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Apr 27, 2015
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Venus setting captured in snapshots
This sequence of 64 images was captured by Monitoring Camera 2 onboard the Mercury Transfer Module from 40 minutes before until 15 minutes after closest approach of 10 720 km from Venus. The images were taken every 52 seconds. ...
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2020
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Cassini Double Play: Enceladus and Titan
(PhysOrg.com) -- About a month and a half after its last double flyby, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be turning another double play this week, visiting the geyser moon Enceladus and the hazy moon Titan. The alignment of ...
Space Exploration
May 18, 2010
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See Mercury at its greatest elongation for 2013
A fine apparition of the planet Mercury graces the dawn skies this week, leading up to its greatest elongation from the Sun for 2013.
Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2013
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Space observations of Mercury transits yield precise solar radius
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of scientists from Hawaii, Brazil and California has measured the diameter of the Sun with unprecedented accuracy by using a spacecraft to time the transits of the planet Mercury across the face of ...
Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2012
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Study: Autumn sets in rapidly on Saturn's moon Titan
Thanks to NASA's Cassini spacecraft which has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, scientists have been able to observe for the first time ever the seasonal atmospheric circulation direction change on Titan – an event which ...
Space Exploration
Nov 28, 2012
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Mercury-bound Goddard Instruments Aboard MESSENGER Arrive at Target
As the MESSENGER spacecraft begins its science operations above the surface of Mercury, Goddard instruments are gearing up to help unveil the planet's mysteries. Goddard leads or co-leads two of the spacecraft's instruments ...
Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2011
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Ancient volcanic explosions shed light on Mercury's origins
Mercury was long thought to be lacking volatile compounds that cause explosive volcanism. That view started to change when the MESSENGER spacecraft returned pictures of pyroclastic deposits—the telltale signature of volcanic ...
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2014
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Image: Sunlit side of the planet Mercury
Another day, another beautiful view of Mercury's horizon. In this scene, which was acquired looking from the shadows toward the sunlit side of the planet, a 120-km (75 mi.) impact crater stands out near the center. Emanating ...
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2013
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