Small scarps (arrows) on Mercury’s surface are likely very young. ... in Mercury’s icy craters suggests the dark material arrived recently or is being actively sculpted.

With only a few weeks to live, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has been capturing some of the most detailed images we've ever seen of the Solar System's ...

It turns out, 'C' is for crater, and not just cookie.An impact basin spotted on Mercury with two smaller craters above it looks remarkably like the sweet treat-loving Cookie Monster muppet of ...

NASA on Mercury’s Craters: ... Targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury’s surface at resolutions much higher than the 200-meter/pixel morphology base map.

As if Mercury isn't small enough, it not only shrank in its past but is continuing to shrink today, according to a 2016 report. The tiny planet is made up of a single continental plate over a ...

New evidence for surface water ice in small-scale cold traps and in three large craters at the north polar region of Mercury from the Mercury Laser Altimeter. Geophysical Research Letters , 2017 ...

Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds The first evidence of Mercury's shrinkage came in 1974 when the Mariner 10 mission transmitted pictures to Earth ...

Asawa Crater on Mercury as captured by NASA’s Messenger probe. Public domain via NASA - PILOT, Planetary Image Locator Tool, USGS Astrogeology Science Center ...

A spacecraft has sent back some of the most detailed and breathtaking images of Mercury's north pole, shedding new light on the mysterious, shadowy regions of the small planet closest to the Sun ...