ANN ARBOR, Mich.---The planet Mercury's magnetic field appears to be strong enough to fend off the harsh solar wind from most of its surface, according to data gathered in part by a University of ...

MESSENGER scientists have concluded that waves driven by the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability play a key role in driving Mercury’s magnetosphere. In a paper published recently in the /Journal of ...

This review paper is led by Dr. Weijie Sun, who is currently an assistant research scientist from the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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A recent study published in Nature Communications discusses the processes that produce auroras on the planet Mercury that were examined from the first flyby of the joint European Space Agency (ESA) ...

From Moon missions to an expedition to Mercury, 2026 is shaping up to be an exciting year for space. The first part of the year will see four astronauts orbit the Moon for the first time since the ...

On September 29, the MESSENGER spacecraft will pass by Mercury for the third time, flying 141.7 miles above the planet’s rocky surface for a final gravity assist that will enable it to enter orbit ...

In January 2008, 33 years after Mariner 10 flew past the solar system's innermost planet, MESSENGER crossed Mercury's magnetosphere. Ancient volcanoes, contractional faults, and a rich soup of ...

With its thin, atmosphere-like exosphere and a magnetic field only about 1% as strong as Earth’s, Mercury presents a striking contrast to our home planet. Yet, our understanding of our system's ...