mercury
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Mercury Has Crossed The Sun
It’s been a decade since the last rare but beautiful sighting of Mercury crossing the sun appeared. Today, the event has happened again.
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In The Maxwell Test Chamber, Nobody Can Hear This Satellite Scream
If this satellite looks a little lonely, that’s because it is. It’s positioned inside the European Space Agency’s Maxwell chamber — which blocks out all electromagnetic radiation and silences every sound. Good preparation for space, then.
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This Shipwreck Gave Doctors The First Clue Mercury Might Not Be Good For You
For centuries people with maladies of any kind could look forward to a good dose of mercury, as the medical establishment had pretty much concluded that shiny things were good for people. This shipwreck made them think again.
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RIP Messenger: What The Spacecraft Taught Us About Mercury
Messenger’s fate was sealed from the beginning: When it ran out of fuel, the space probe would crash into Mercury, the planet it was sent to observe. What we didn’t expect is Messenger to last four years instead of one. After an unexpectedly long and fruitful mission, Messenger met its inevitable end today.