Smithsonian Magazine

Mercury Has Wrinkles That Show It’s Shrinking. Now, Scientists Say the Planet Has Shriveled Far More Than Previously Thought

A new study suggests that our solar system’s smallest planet has shrunk by up to 30 percent since its birth roughly 4.5 ...

Solar system’s smallest planet is getting even smaller — shrinking 30% faster than astronomers thought

There’s less Mercury in the system. Scientists found that Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet, is shrinking far ...
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Unusual: Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, continues to shrink

The smallest planet in the Solar System may have shrunk more than previously thought over the course of its history. Scientists now estimate that Mercury may have lost up to 23 kilometers in diameter ...
Newser

Smallest Planet Continues to Shrink

Our solar system's smallest and innermost planet has been shrinking ever since its formation 4.5 billion years ago. Its hot ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After an Eight-Year Journey, Two Spacecraft Have Begun Their Arrival to Mercury, the Inner Solar System’s Most Mysterious Planet

The BepiColombo mission, by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is only the third to study our smallest planetary neighbor ...
NewsBytes

The smallest planet in our solar system is shrinking

Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the sun, is showing signs of contraction, with surface wrinkles suggesting it was ...
Phys.org

The magnetic 'birdsong' of the smallest planet

BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the more interesting things found so far is a magnetic "chorus" that appears ...