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“Mercury”

Apr 8, 2013 12:10 PM ET // Markus Hammonds
A puzzling meteorite with unknown origins: It could be from the surface of Mercury, but something doesn't quite add up. ->
Feb 25, 2013 11:28 AM ET // Markus Hammonds
Data acquired from NASA's MESSENGER probe suggest that Mercury used to have an ocean of molten rock. ->
Feb 20, 2013 02:04 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
Kepler-37b is the definition of "tiny." But how tiny is tiny? ->
Feb 20, 2013 11:28 AM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
For John Glenn, being the first American to orbit the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962 was a stroke of luck. ->
Aug 20, 2010 05:30 AM ET // Ray Villard
For the first time we see Earth -- in astronomical parlance -- as a superior planet, 114 million miles outward from Mercury.
Dec 8, 2011 02:23 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
While watching a video of a coronal mass ejection travel from the sun, it would appear that a solar observatory has discovered a massive alien spacecraft docked next to Mercury.
Aug 30, 2012 02:30 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
In 1961, test pilots Neil Armstrong and Milton Thompson built their own research aircraft.
Apr 25, 2012 02:00 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
Former flight director Chris Kraft is adding his to the growing number of dissenting voices decrying NASA's next launch system as deeply flawed.
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