Discover Mercury: Volcanism, faults and hollows

Discover Mercury

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  Discover Mercury: Introduction

  November 11th sees the Transit of Mercury. Get to know the planet we're starting to find out a whole lot more about. 

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  Discover Mercury: Safety advice for the Transit of Mercury

  If you're planning on watching the Transit of Mercury, it's vital to take some basic steps to protect your sight. Here's some advice on how.

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  Discover Mercury: Why study Mercury?

  What is it about Mercury that rewards a closer look?

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  Discover Mercury: The BepiColombo mission

  An introduction to 2017's BepiColombo mission.

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  Discover Mercury: What questions will BepiColombo try to answer?

  We don't know very much about Mercury, so there's a lot for BepiColombo to investigate...

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  Discover Mercury: BepiColombo's instruments

  A closer look at the instruments that BepiColombo has been tricked out with.

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  Discover Mercury: The MESSENGER project

  NASA's MESSENGER visited Mercury in 2015. Here's a little about that project.

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  Discover Mercury: International collaboration

  The journey to another world relies on co-operation all around this one.

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  Discover Mercury: What inspires and drives you?

  What is it about Mercury that attracts scientists to study the planet?

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  Discover Mercury: Why spend the money?

  It's not cheap to send spacecraft to Mercury - how do you justify the expense?

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