8 results for “Mercury”
Planets & the Solar System
Mercury and Venus
Mercury: the scorched messenger Mercury is the smallest planet and the closest to the Sun, orbiting
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Space & the Universe
Exoplanets: Worlds Around Other Stars
Mercury does to the Sun, completing a year in a few days, with daysides hot enough
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Planets & the Solar System
The Sun
Mercury and Venus and scorching the Earth, then shed its outer layers into space and shrink
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Space & the Universe
Space Exploration
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, comets and asteroids. Rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance are driving across
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Space & the Universe
The Life of a Star
Mercury and Venus and roast the Earth. Inside the giant, the core becomes hot enough to fuse
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Planets & the Solar System
Jupiter
Mercury and the only moon with its own magnetic field. Io is the most volcanic body
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Matter, Energy & Physics
Gravity
Mercury's orbit should drift in a particular way, and it does. And collapsing stars should
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Planets & the Solar System
Saturn
Mercury and the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere. It is mostly
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