Mercury has long been cast as the solar system’s burnout case, a small rocky world that cooled quickly and then froze in ...

1. Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is ubiquitous in the environment. Most of the mercury existing in the environment is released through natural processes. Thus, we are all exposed to ...

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Far smaller and closer to the Sun than it should be, Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission arriving in 2026 might ...