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Lighting Up Mercury’s Shadowy North Pole
Part of a stereographic projection of Mercury's north pole Talk about northern exposure! This is a section of a much…
Mercury’s Surface is Full of Sulfur
The southern portion of Mercury's Vivaldi basin and outlying rugged terrain Named for the 17th-century Venetian composer, the southern half…
“The Hobbit” Author Gets a Crater on Mercury
Here's a little something to please fans of space, art and fantasy alike (and those who enjoy all three): on…
Postcards From The (Inner) Edge
As the world turns its gaze outward in anticipation of the arrival of Mars Science Laboratory -- with its hair-raising…
An Epic Crater Called Odysseus
On June 28 NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by Tethys, a 1,062-kilometer (662-mile) -wide moon of Saturn that's made almost entirely…
Exploration at its Finest: Cassini Visits Dione
[/caption] After completing its most recent flyby of Enceladus, Cassini made a pass by Dione -- its final visit of…
Scientists Suggest Evidence of Recent Lunar Volcanism
[/caption] A team of researchers at India's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) claims it has found evidence of relatively recent volcanic…
MESSENGER Gets It Donne
[/caption] Named after the 17th-century metaphysical poet, Mercury's Donne crater was captured in this image by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. The…
A Peek at a Pitch-Black Pit
[/caption] MESSENGER captured this high-resolution image of an elongated pit crater within the floor of the 355-km (220-mile) -wide crater…
Mercury Down Under
[/caption] NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, about to wrap up its first full year in orbit around Mercury, captured this view of…