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NASA asks the public for help in naming craters in Mercury

Dec 17, 2014

Five craters have just been discovered on the surface of Mercury, and NASA is asking the general public to provide or suggest names for the craters. Not every name can be considered though, because NASA has out...

NASA asks world to name Mercury Impact Craters

Jamie Hacking

Dec 16, 2014

Innovation

The NASA Messenger orbiter has been a big success considering the volume of data it has beamed back to Earth. It has beamed back more than 250,000 pictures and has mapped the entire surface of Mercury. The Orbi...

Huge Siberian crater might be result of global warming

Platonium

Jul 20, 2014

Innovation

A massive crater has been discovered in Siberia, and might have been caused by changing temperatures in the region. Made out of mostly ice, scientists think that the hole is around 260 feet deep and some 66 ...

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