Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows bright streaks on Mercury are linked to active volatile loss, revealing the planet is still changing. (CREDIT: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The planet Mercury in colors of blue and gold The smallest planet in our Solar System may be hiding a big secret. Curious bright ...

Mercury's barren surface has led to the planet being labeled as "dead," but signs of geological activity say otherwise. Bright streaks known as "lineae," which can be seen on slopes across the planet, ...

For decades, Mercury has been seen as astatic, heavily cratered planet, a relic of early Solar System history. Its surface, scorched by the Sun and seemingly untouched by change, gave every appearance ...

For many years, scientists viewed Mercury as a world that no longer had an active geological history. The planet appears to be almost completely uniform, dry, barren, and mostly unchanged for the past ...