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<title><![CDATA[Planet Mercury Full of Strange Surprises, NASA Spacecraft Reveals]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mercury is not just hellishly hot but apparently covered in brimstone. A vast part of the planet is covered with dried lava  – enough to bury the state of Texas under 4 miles of the stuff, scientists say.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercury's Water Ice Bodes Well for Alien Life Search]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:48:02 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The discovery of huge amounts of water ice and possible organic compounds on the heat-blasted planet Mercury suggests that the raw materials necessary for life as we know it may be common throughout the solar system, researchers say.Mercury likely harbors between 100 billion and 1 trillion metric tons of water ice in permanently shadowed areas near its poles, scientists analyzing data from NASA's Messenger spacecraft announced Thursday (Nov.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Messenger Spacecraft Releases First Close-Ups of Mercury]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A high-res glimpse of the myriad dusty craters on the distant planet Mercury is the first tantalizing offering of NASA's Messenger spacecraft, which has sailed into orbit high above the planet’s south pole and reveals Mercury's previously unseen surfaces.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercury Photos Reveal Strange 'Pie Crust' Surface]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:23:34 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[New photos of the baked planet Mercury, the closest world to our sun, have revealed odd formations that look uncannily like cosmic pies, evidence of potential "ghost" craters hidden underground, scientists say.The new Mercury photos by NASA's Messenger spacecraft show unusual landscape on the planet's volcanic plains that have no equal anywhere in our solar system, researchers said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cosmic Happy Face Stamped into Mercury Crater (Photo)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:46:07 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We might not think there's much to smile about on the sun-scorched surface of the planet Mercury, but a happy crater apparently begs to differ.NASA's Messenger spacecraft snapped a photo of a crater that appears to be smiling blissfully up into space.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Messenger Space Probe Prepares to Orbit Mercury]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's Messenger probe is set to complete the first orbit around Mercury, a task scientists hope will lead to answers for the planet's many mysteries.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercury Craters Look Like Cookie Monster in NASA Photo]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:18:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It turns out, 'C' is for crater, and not just cookie.An impact basin spotted on Mercury with two smaller craters above it looks remarkably like the sweet treat-loving Cookie Monster muppet of "Sesame Street" fame — at least to the eyes of scientists working on NASA's Messenger mission to the small planet.The researchers posted a photo of the crater arrangement with the title "Anyone Else Think This Looks Like the Cookie Monster?" on the Flickr page of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., today (Oct.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Planet Mercury Covered With Strange Blue Substance]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/10/31/planet-mercury-covered-with-strange-blue-substance?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:52:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Messenger space probe find weird blue mineral scattered all over first planet's surface, likely put there by volcanoes billions of years ago.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cosmic happy face stamped into Mercury crater]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We might not think there's much to smile about on the sun-scorched surface of the planet Mercury, but a happy crater apparently begs to differ.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Next Stop, Mercury: NASA Probe Set to Arrive at Innermost Planet]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After a nearly 5-billion-mile journey that took more than six years, a NASA probe is finally ready to make history Thursday and become the first spacecraft ever to enter into orbit around the planet Mercury.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Closest planet to sun, Mercury, harbors ice]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:00:44 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole — on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA to Visit Mysterious Mercury Next Week]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Next Thursday, for the first time, a small NASA spacecraft called Messenger will enter into Mercury's orbit, circling at times as close as 125 miles (200 kilometers) from the planet's surface. And by coincidence, a few days before that will be the best time all year for people on Earth to see Mercury with the naked eye.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercury's Surface Resembles Rare Meteorites]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:12:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mercury has a surface unlike any other planet's in the solar system, instead resembling a rare type of meteorite, researchers say.The finding, based on an analysis of data from NASA's Messenger probe, sheds new light on the formation and history of the mysterious innermost planet, scientists add.Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, is also one of the least understood, having received much less attention from scientific missions than Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Green meteorite may be from Mercury, a first]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:00:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists may have discovered the first meteorite from Mercury.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Probe Becomes First Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A well-traveled NASA probe made history late Thursday, becoming the first spacecraft ever to enter into orbit around Mercury.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's Official! Water Ice Discovered on Mercury]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:04:29 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's time to add Mercury to the list of worlds where you can go ice-skating.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercury Flyby to Photograph Planet's Unseen Areas]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/09/29/mercury-flyby-photograph-planets-unseen-areas?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A NASA spacecraft is closing in on Mercury to snap pictures of uncharted territory Tuesday when it whips around the planet for the final time]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercury's Surprising 'Personality' Revealed For the First Time]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A NASA spacecraft circling Mercury is returning spectacular photos of the planet — and delivering some tantalizing surprises about the tiny, scorched world.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What's In Mercury's Bright Spot?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[During its most recent flyby of Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft caught another glimpse of the innermost planet's mysterious bright spot]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elusive Mercury at Its Best Now for Southern Stargazers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:15:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The planet Mercury is one of the brightest objects in the sky, but the elusive rocky world is always a challenge to observe, though it is a prime target for planet-seeking observers in the Southern Hemisphere.Because Mercury orbits close to our sun, it never strays far from the sun's bright glow.]]></description>
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