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Revealed by NASA's Messenger, Mercury said to Possess oldest Magnetic Field in Solar System
Aishwarya Bhatt | | May 13, 2015 03:54 AM EDT |
NASA's infamous spacecraft, Messenger which crash landed onto Mercury's surface on April 30 has sent reports which indicate that the planet possesses the oldest magnetic field in the history of the Solar System. The spacecraft which orbited Mercury right from 2011 to 2015 but it wasn't until the final months of the mission in which it became dangerously close to the Mercury's surface at 60 miles, that this report was sent.
NASA MESSENGER Data Reveals Mercury Has a Secret Magnetic Field
Ana Verayo | | May 09, 2015 04:38 AM EDT |
Upon obtaining the last data from NASA's Messenger probe, it revealed that Mercury also possess a magnetic field although a much weaker one than Earth's.
Mercury's Dark Surface: It's an 'Invisible Paint' of Comet Dust
Ana Verayo | | Mar 31, 2015 02:13 AM EDT |
Mercury's low reflectance can be attributed to some mysterious darkening agent.
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