Mercury’s surface is scattered with graphite, a clear sign that its crust once floated atop a carbon-rich magma ocean. As the ...

(We wore out several pairs of gloves in the process.) We used mercury to actually extract the gold from the powdered rock. Gold, like most minerals, can be 'dissolved' in mercury to create what's ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

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The Rocky Mountains near Aspen, Colorado. A new study reveals snow in the Rocky Mountains is contaminated with mercury and ...

Kansas' Steve Walsh had a pretty loud and strong distaste for Queen's Freddie Mercury. Was it jealousy? Who knows?

Mercury has the shortest and fastest orbit around the Sun and experiences dramatic temperature changes as it rotates. It is a world of extremes. Explore facts about our solar system's fastest planet.

Narrator: As the solar system grew, four rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, were created closest to the Sun. Made of rocks and metals, they have solid surfaces and a central core of ...