If you’re trying to cheat death on Mercury, this is very promising, but the news gets even better. Mercury's Solar Day is Even Longer If the Earth rotates on its axis once every 23 hours, 56 minutes, ...

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How hot is Mercury? Mercury's sun-facing side is scorched by temperatures of around 430°C, hot enough to melt lead. Without a substantial atmosphere to distribute heat away from the areas facing the ...

Due to its low boiling point and vapor pressure, mercury can exist in gaseous form in the atmosphere. Professor Choi stated, ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new study.