First Mercury images in orbit show lots of craters

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 16:30 in Astronomy & Space

Think the moon has many craters? New photos from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury show the tiny inner planet has far more impressive battle scars from regular high-speed peltings by space rocks.

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