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First Results From Messenger's Mercury Flyby

Posted by kdawson on from the hot-stuff dept.

Several readers noted the special section in Science, published today, with results from Messenger's flyby of Mercury last January. One conclusion is that volcanism has shaped the planet, contrary to earlier theories that Mercury had been "dead on arrival." The LA Time's coverage highlights the finding that Mercury has shrunk by a mile in diameter over its lifetime, due to shrinkage at its core.

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  1. DoA ? by wildem · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Contrary to earlier theories that Mercury had been "dead on arrival", so it really did win the Dead or Alive contest as I have suspected all along.

  2. shrink... by skydude_20 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    George: Do women know about shrinkage?
    Elaine: What do you mean, like laundry?

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