Mars is on the cusp of becoming bigger and brighter than at any point since 2022 as it comes into alignment with Earth and ...

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The spacecraft collected new data on Mercury using its Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, or MERTIS. The instrument captured details of Mercury at mid-infrared wavelengths, in which ...

The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavor by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ago, the fourth planet from the sun could have been mistaken for Earth’s smaller twin ...

The first observations from MERTIS revealed that certain areas of Mercury’s surface shine brighter in the mid-infrared than others. More specifically, the Caloris Basin and parts of a large volcanic ...

It is a world of extremes. Explore facts about our solar system's fastest planet. Mercury is slightly larger than our Moon - 15,329 kilometres around its equator. Its radius, the distance from the ...

The planet is located within the habitable zone of our solar system, meaning its distance from the sun indicates that liquid water could exist on its surface. However, Mars is extremely cold and ...

If the planet reached specific temperature and ... it would dramatically alter our understanding of planetary geology. Current surface features could have formed through processes like liquid ...

The accumulation of dust has significantly changed surface features on Mars. This natural process of dust deposition provides ...