This colorful image comes courtesy of the Mercury Atmosphere and Surface Composition Spectrometer (MASCS) instrument aboard NASA's Messenger spacecraft. Designed to study both the exosphere and ...

A coupled interior-atmosphere model determines the ... Therefore, cumulative loss cannot significantly modify Mercury’s bulk mantle composition during the magma ocean stage.

The Mercury Atmosphere and Surface Composition Spectrometer (MASCS) instrument aboard NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft was designed to study both the exosphere and surface of the planet Mercury.

These hollows exhibit depths that account for a significant portion of the overall glacier thickness, indicating their bulk retention of a volatile-rich composition." "These hollows are ...

Mercury has no atmosphere to retain heat ... By using a technique known as "spectrometry" to analyse the chemical composition of the planet at a distance, scientists know that Mercury has a ...

Mercury pollution levels in the Earth's atmosphere have spiked by seven times since the modern era began around 1500 CE, new research shows. The work, published as a study in the journal ...