A Closer Look At Mercury

Meera Dolasia
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:39:00 -0700

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency (NASA) released some amazing photos of Mercury, the smallest planet in our Solar System, now that Pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet. The pictures were taken by NASA's Messenger probe, whose mission is to become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.