Showing posts with label Mercury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercury. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Mercury Mystery Rising



The story is here, and it's rather interesting; one might expect an easy explanation of liquid cores and incredible solar tidal effects, but in fact it's not so cut and dry.

I, however, have two words to offer:

It's Hatching...

Friday, September 30, 2011

Mercury's curious Blue Hollows

Check out the color-enhanced pictures here at National Geographic. High-res snapshots coming back from MESSENGER in orbit around Mercury are changing perceptions on what Mercury looks like, and giving consideration to what sort of active geological forces are at work on the First Planet.

Mercury image: hollows