Space Daily July 18, 2026 • 22:30

Mercury is shrinking — as its iron core slowly cools, the whole planet has contracted by up to seven kilometres, wrinkling its surface into cliffs hundreds of miles long - Space Daily

Mercury is shrinking — as its iron core slowly cools, the whole planet has contracted by up to seven kilometres, wrinkling its surface into cliffs hundreds of miles long - Space Daily

Mercury carries the record of planetary cooling across its surface. Long, curving cliffs cut through craters and plains because the small planet lost internal

Mercury carries the record of planetary cooling across its surface. Long, curving cliffs cut through craters and plains because the small planet lost internal heat, contracted and forced sections of … [+8006 chars]

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