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 ...

Some craters on Mercury are billions of years old, ... Unlike Earth, which is tilted on its axis by about 24 degrees, Mercury is almost completely vertical, with a small axial tilt of 2 degrees.

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.

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 ...

Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System. It is also the smallest, and its orbit is the most eccentric (that is, the least perfectly circular) of the eight planets.[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 ...

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, yet still has shadowy secrets. Here's a look a the most enduring mysteries of Mercury, the target of NASA's Messenger mission.

This color image of Mercury's limb captures Debussy, a crater 80 km (50 mi.) in diameter, as well as some if its extensive rays. This image was taken March 21, 2012. You may like ...

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 ...

The small craters likely were the result of impacts in the basin long after it was formed. Later still, volcanic eruptions spewed lava across the basin, all but erasing the smaller craters.