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The First Flight: Wright Flyer
The 1903 Wright Flyer that made history's first flight was a relatively simple machine with propellers and wire controls.
Tiny Mercury May Have a Solid Metallic Core That Rivals Earth's
A solid metallic core nearly as large as Earth's might be lurking deep within the solar system's smallest planet.
Surprise! Dust Ring Discovered in Mercury's Orbit
Mercury shares its orbit with a ring of wandering dust, and a cloud of as-yet-undiscovered asteroids likely gave rise to a similar ring in Venus' neighborhood, recent research suggests.
Elusive Planet Mercury Is Not So Elusive in the Sky This Month
Once again, it is time to seek out what has often been called the most difficult of the five brightest naked-eye planets to see: Mercury.
The Most Powerful Ion Drive in Space Is Ready for Its Visit to Mercury
The BepiColombo mission to Mercury that left Earth on Oct. 19 has a long journey ahead of it, but the spacecraft just ticked off an important milestone.
Planets in Two-Star Systems Could Boast Life-Friendly Moons
A world tightly circling a pair of stars could cling to its moon, providing potential regions for life to evolve.
How Did an Oddball Planet Like Mercury Form?
Whether Mercury formed from a single collision or multiple impacts, the iron-rich planet is probably a rare breed.
