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BepiColombo's sixth flyby route
Space

BepiColombo to make close flyby above Mercury’s surface

Amit Malewar

More insight into Mercury's surroundings.

Methylmercury
Environment

How do microbes create the most toxic form of mercury?

Pranjal Malewar

A poison that can accumulate in fish.

Mercury’s north polar chaotic terrain
Space

Evidence of potential salt glaciers on planet Mercury

Amit Malewar

Unveiling mercury’s geological mysteries.

Image showing sun and mercury
Space

How the solar wind interacts with Mercury’s surface?

Amit Malewar

New insight into how interactions with the Sun alters the surface and produces Mercury’s very thin atmosphere.

Color-coded chromium
Space

Measuring and mapping the abundance of chromium across Mercury’s surface

Amit Malewar

This is the first time that chromium has been directly detected and mapped across any planetary surface.

five exoplanet system
Space

Two rare super-mercuries discovered around the same star

Amit Malewar

The last type of exoplanet is still very rare.

computer simulation
Space

Solar wind is a significant driver of atmospheric sodium at Mercury

Amit Malewar

No object in the solar system experiences the Sun’s solar wind more powerfully than Mercury.

100-foot-tall tower
Environment

Toxic Mercury may be deposited in forests in much greater quantities

Pranjal Malewar

Three-quarters of the deposition came from mercury in its gaseous form.

Mercury's core
Space

Mystery solved: Why Mercury has a big iron core?

Amit Malewar

Proximity to the sun’s magnetic field influenced Mercury’s hefty iron core.

Take a look at Mercury Transit 2019
Space

Take a look at Mercury Transit 2019

Amit Malewar

For the last time in this decade, Mercury has passed in front of the Sun in what's known as Mercury Transit. The images are...

Transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016
Space

Mercury Transit: Mercury will pass between the Earth and Sun this Monday

Amit Malewar

This won't happen again until 2032.

A graphic of Mercury’s internal structure. Credit: Antonio Genova
Space

Evidence on Mercury’s inner core is indeed solid

Amit Malewar

In order to explore the interior of a planet, planetary scientists usually observe the planet spins and then measure how their probe orbits it....

Mercury, not Venus, is the closest planet to Earth
Space

Mercury, not Venus, is the closest planet to Earth

Amit Malewar

Which planet is closest to the Earth? The answer is not Venus. Until now, we have read in our science books, or even if searching...

This artist’s impression shows how the newly discovered super-Earth surrounding the nearby star GJ1214 may look. Discovered by the MEarth project and investigated further by the HARPS spectrograph on ESO’s 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla, GJ1214b is the second super-Earth exoplanet for which astronomers have determined the mass and radius, giving vital clues about its structure. It is also the first super-Earth around which an atmosphere has been found. The exoplanet, orbiting a small star only 40 light-years away from us, thus opens dramatic new perspectives in the quest for habitable worlds. The planet, GJ1214b, has a mass about six times that of Earth and its interior is likely mostly made of water ice. It appears to be rather hot and surrounded by a thick atmosphere, which makes it inhospitable for life as we know it on Earth.
Space

Another Mercury, but great as the Earth

Amit Malewar

Scientists have discovered a planet very similar in size to Earth at a distance of 340 light years. According to them, it could clarify the peculiarities...

Cooking up New Ways to Clean up our Planet
Environment

Cooking up New Ways to Clean up our Planet

Amit Malewar

In the aim of clean up our planet, scientists have formulated a way of using waste cooking oil and sulphur. By using these materials, they...

A foam filter made with used coffee grounds removes lead and mercury from contaminated water.
Chemistry

Coffee-infused foam removes lead from contaminated water

Amit Malewar

As we all know, coffee is one of the most popular drinks. But it creates lots of waste from used grounds. So, scientists found a...

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