Surprises from Mercury
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NASA's Messenger spacecraft has beamed back some surprising new data from the planet Mercury. Highlights include a weird crater nicknamed &quot;the Spider,&quot; a planetary tail of hydrogen atoms, and measurements that show giant Caloris basin is even bigger than researchers thought.
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The first precise measurement of a failed star known as a brown dwarf finds the object is much more massive than theorists expected. The result challenges what astronomers&nbsp;assumed about these strange things, which straddle the mass range between huge planets and normal stars.
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Scientists are sifting through their first new views of the planet Mercury in more than three decades thanks to images beamed home by NASA's MESSENGER probe.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies.
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Blog: Problems with technology could be random. Or, they could be because of Mercury in retrograde
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Careful with that antique clock. It could pose a mercury hazard.
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Low-power kit for the military Ultra-fancy chip start-up PA Semi today revealed its first, rather predictable customer - Mercury Computer Systems.â¦
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FINDING yourself in a thunderstorm on Saturn would be a truly shocking experience, scientists have discovered. New data from the Cassini spacecraft shows that lightning on the ringed planet is a million times stronger than on Earth.
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A NASA spacecraft has a date with Mercury next week for a flyby that will return the first detailed views of the small planet in more than 30 years.
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Two new discoveries suggest that sunlike solar systems like ours â with life-hosting planets â are more common than previously thought.
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New images of the planet Uranus reveal more diversity in cloud features than ever seen before.
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Images of Saturn sent back to Earth by the Cassini spacecraft reveal a newly discovered ring and at least one new moon, scientists say.
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The Cassini spacecraft&#39;s close flyby of Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan this week revealed clouds that will give clues to its weather, but the pass left scientists still puzzled about its surface.
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DARMSTADT, Germany -- Pictures snapped by the Titan probe and a low, whooshing sound picked up by an on-board microphone drew gasps and applause from scientists yesterday, as the mission to Saturn's moon continued its breathtaking revelations from more than 900 million miles across the solar system.
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Arrives Monday for a first fly-by NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft (Messenger) will on Monday make a close pass of Mercury, marking the first spacecraft visit to the world in 33 years since Mariner 10 dropped by in 1975.â¦
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NASA&#39;S Cassini space-probe has sent back some stunning images from its close encounter with Titan, one of the moon&#39;s of the giant ringed planet Saturn.
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Scientists are eagerly awaiting new images and observations Monday when a NASA spacecraft flies over Mercury in the first visit in almost 33 years to the mysterious small planet.