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MESSENGER flies by Mercury tonight!

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Mercury, shot by MESSENGER on Oct. 5. The NASA probe MESSENGER will pass by Mercury for the second time at 08:40 UT Monday (which is the middle of the night for the US). I’ll get up first thing and write about what it saw, but it’ll probably be a few hours before we get the really cool stuff. The last flyby was in January, and the pictures were incredible. As it happens, we’ll be seeing the Continue Reading »


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